Volume 62
Public Law 80–656
To amend section 332 (a) of the Nationality Act of 1940.
Approved June 25, 1948
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend section 332 (a) of the Nationality Act of 1940.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the first paragraph of section 332 (a) of the Nationality Act of 1940, approved October 14, 1940 (54 Stat. 1154; 8 U. S. C. 732), is hereby amended to read as follows:
“Sec. 332.
(a) Petition for naturalization.
An applicant for naturalization shall, not less than two nor more than seven years after such declaration of intention has been made, make and file in the office of the clerk of a naturalization court, in duplicate, a sworn petition in writing, signed by the applicant in the applicant’s own handwriting if physically able to write, and duly verified by witnesses, which petition shall contain substantially the following averments by such applicant.”
Approved June 25, 1948.