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[CITE: 22USC3774]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                        CHAPTER 51--PANAMA CANAL
 
              SUBCHAPTER I--ADMINISTRATION AND REGULATIONS
 
           Part 4--Claims for Injuries to Persons or Property
 
                        subpart ii--vessel damage
 
Sec. 3774. Delays for which no responsibility is assumed

    The Commission is not responsible, and may not consider any claim, 
for demurrage or delays caused by--
        (1) landslides or other natural causes;
        (2) necessary construction or maintenance work on Canal locks, 
    terminals, or equipment;
        (3) obstruction arising from accidents;
        (4) time necessary for admeasurement;
        (5) congestion of traffic;
        (6) investigation of a marine accident that is conducted within 
    24 hours after the accident occurs, except that any liability of the 
    Commission beyond that 24-hour period shall be limited to the extent 
    to which the accident was caused, or contributed to, by the 
    negligence of an employee of the Commission acting within the scope 
    of the employee's official duties; or
        (7) except as specially set forth in this subpart, any other 
    cause.

(Pub. L. 96-70, title I, Sec. 1414, Sept. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 486; Pub. 
L. 99-209, Sec. 3, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1717.)


                               Amendments

    1985--Par. (6). Pub. L. 99-209 amended par. (6) generally. Prior to 
amendment, par. (6) read as follows: ``time necessary for investigation 
of marine accidents; or''.


                    Effective Date of 1985 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 99-209 applicable to any claim arising on or 
after Dec. 23, 1985, see section 7(b)(1) of Pub. L. 99-209, set out as a 
note under section 3771 of this title.
