Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 13 — Service Courts of Friendly Foreign Forces
§ 704. Immunities of courts and witnesses
Statutory text
Members of any service court of a friendly foreign force lawfully exercising jurisdiction in the United States in relation to members of such force, and any witnesses appearing before such service court, shall enjoy the same immunities and privileges as are enjoyed by members of a court martial of the United States and by witnesses appearing before such a court martial.
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.
Pub. L. 78–326 § 4 · 58 Stat. 643
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 704
(June 30, 1944, ch. 326, § 4, 58 Stat. 644.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(June 30, 1944, ch. 326, § 4, 58 Stat. 644.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 4. immunities of courts and witnesses Members of any service court of a friendly foreign force lawfully exercising jurisdiction in the United States in relation to members of such force, and any witnesses appearing before such service court, shall enjoy the same immunities and privileges as are enjoyed by members of a court martial of the United States and by witnesses appearing before such a court martial.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Credits
(June 30, 1944, ch. 326, § 4, 58 Stat. 644.)