Public Law 66–55

That where any judgment has

Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act.

Judgments in default.

Vol. 40, p. 441.

been entered since March 8, 1918, in any action or proceeding commenced in any court where there was a failure to file insuch action the affidavits required by section 200 of article 2 of the Act approved March 8, 1918, entitled “An Act to extend protection to the civil rights of members of the Military and Naval Establishments of the United States

Acceptance of subsequent affidavit that

defendant was not in service.

engaged in the present war” (Fortieth Statutes at Large, page 440), defendant was not in the plaintiff, after such notice as the court may prescribe, may file an affidavit stating that the defendant, or defendants, in default in such judgments, are not at the time of such filing, and were not at the time of the entry of such judgment, in the naval or military service of the United States, and upon the filing of such affidavit the court may enter an order that such judgment, if otherwise legal, shall stand and be effective as of the date of the entry of such judgment as if such affidavit had been duly filed. Any person who shall make or use such

Punishment for false affidavits.

an affidavit as aforesaid, knowing it to be false, shall be punishable by imprisonment not to exceed two years or by fine not to exceed 85,000, or both, in the discretion of the court.