{"code":"INS","codeName":"Insurance Code","section":"1943","citation":"Ins. Code, § 1943","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. CLASSES OF INSURANCE [1880. - 12880.8.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/insurance-code/division-2"},{"name":"PART 1. FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE [1880. - 10108.1.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/insurance-code/division-2/part-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. The Marine Contract [1880. - 2010.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/insurance-code/division-2/part-1/chapter-1"},{"name":"ARTICLE 4. Effect of Course of Voyage [1940. - 1945.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/insurance-code/division-2/part-1/chapter-1/article-4"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.","effective":null,"html":"<p>A deviation is proper:</p><p>(a) When caused by circumstances over which neither the master nor the owner of the ship has any control.</p><p>(b) When necessary to comply with a warranty, or to avoid a peril, whether or not the peril is insured against.</p><p>(c) When made in good faith and upon reasonable grounds of belief in its necessity to avoid a peril.</p><p>(d) When made in good faith, for the purpose of saving human life or relieving another vessel in distress.</p>","text":"A deviation is proper: (a) When caused by circumstances over which neither the master nor the owner of the ship has any control. (b) When necessary to comply with a warranty, or to avoid a peril, whether or not the peril is insured against. (c) When made in good faith and upon reasonable grounds of belief in its necessity to avoid a peril. (d) When made in good faith, for the purpose of saving human life or relieving another vessel in distress.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/insurance-code/effect-of-course-of-voyage-1943","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}