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Volume 65

Public Law 82–65

To amend chapter 213 of title 18 of the United States Code.

Approved June 30, 1951

Statutory text

AN ACT

To amend chapter 213 of title 18 of the United States Code.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That chapter 213 of title 18 of the United States Code be amended by adding a new section to be known as section 3291, as follows:

“§ 3291. Nationality, citizenship and passports.

“No person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for violation of any provision of sections 1423 to 1428, inclusive, of chapter 69 and sections 1541 to 1544, inclusive, of chapter 75 of title 18 of the United States Code, or for conspiracy to violate any of the aforementioned

62 Stat. 766, 767, 771.

sections, unless the indictment is found or the information is instituted within ten years after the commission of the offense.”

Sec. 2.

The chapter analysis of chapter 213, immediately preceding section 3281 of title 18 United States Code is amended by adding the following item at the end thereof: “3291. Nationality, citizenship and passports.”

Approved June 30, 1951.

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