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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Chapter 9 — Foreign Wars, War Materials, and Neutrality

§ 445. Travel on vessels of belligerent states

Statutory text

(a)

Proscription by Presidential proclamation

Whenever the President shall have issued a proclamation under the authority of section 441(a) of this title it shall thereafter be unlawful for any citizen of the United States to travel on any vessel of any state named in such proclamation, except in accordance with such rules and regulations as may be prescribed.

(b)

Revocation of proclamation; effect

Whenever any proclamation issued under the authority of section 441(a) of this title shall have been revoked with respect to any state the provisions of this section shall thereupon cease to apply with respect to such state, except as to offenses committed prior to such revocation.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Neutrality Act of 1939

    Pub. L. 76–2 § 5 · 54 Stat. 4

    Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 445

    (Nov. 4, 1939, ch. 2, § 5, 54 Stat. 7.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Nov. 4, 1939, ch. 2, § 5, 54 Stat. 7.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 5. travel on vessels of belligerent states (a) Whenever the President shall have issued a proclamation Travel on vessels of belligerent states, restriction. under the authority of section 1 (a) it shall thereafter be unlawful for any citizen of the United States to travel on any vessel of any state named in such proclamation, except in accordance with such rules and regulations as may be prescribed. (b) Whenever any proclamation issued under the authority of Revocation of proclamation, effect. section 1 (a) shall have been revoked with respect to any state the provisions of this section shall thereupon cease to apply with respect to such state, except as to offenses committed prior to such revocation.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Nov. 4, 1939, ch. 2, § 5, 54 Stat. 7.)

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