Volume 67 · 21
Public Law 83–16
To continue the effectiveness of the Missing Persons Act, as amended and extended, until February 1, 1954.
Approved April 4, 1953
Statutory text
AN ACT
To continue the effectiveness of the Missing Persons Act, as amended and extended, until February 1, 1954.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Missing Persons Act (ch. 166, secs. 1–12, 14, and 15; 56 Stat. 143–147), as amended (eh. 828, 56 Stat. 1092–1093; ch. 371, 58 Stat. 679–682; ch. 70, 61 Stat. 96; ch. 356. 65 Stat. 207), as extended by section 4 (e) of the Act of June 24, 1948 (62 Stat. 608), and as it read before the enactment of Public Laws 313 and 450, Eighty-second Congress, is further amended as follows:
Section 2 (58 Stat. 679) is amended by deleting “interned in a
neutral country, captured by an enemy” and inserting in lieu thereof “interned in a foreign country, captured by a hostile force”.
Section 6 (56 Stat. 145) is amended by deleting “in the hands
of an enemy or is interned in a neutral country” and inserting in lieu thereof “in the hands of a hostile force or is interned in a foreign country”.
Section 9 (58 Stat. 681) is amended by deleting “in the lands of
an enemy” and inserting in lieu thereof “in the hands of a hostile force” and by deleting “such enemy” and inserting in lieu thereof “such hostile force”.
Section 12 (65 Stat. 207) is amended by deleting “interned in
a neutral country, or captured by the enemy” and inserting in lieu thereof “interned in a foreign country, or captured by a hostile force”.
Section 14 (56 Stat. 147) is amended to read as follows:
“Sec. 14.
The provisions of this Act applicable to persons captured by a hostile force shall also apply to any person beleaguered or besieged by a hostile force.”
Section 15 (56 Stat. 147, 1093) is amended by deleting everything
following the words “and shall remain in effect until” and inserting in lieu thereof “February 1, 1954”.
Sec. 2.
Section 1 (a) (7) of the Emergency Powers Continuation Act (ch. 570, 66 Stat. 331) is repealed without effect upon rights
Repeal.
accrued, liabilities incurred, or actions taken thereunder.
Approved April 4, 1953.