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. 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.