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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Part E · Chapter 6A — Public Health Service

§§ 259 to 261a. Repealed. Pub. L. 106–310, div. B, title XXXIV, § 3405(a), Oct. 17, 2000, 114 Stat. 1221, as amended by Pub. L. 114–198, title I, § 110(b), July 22, 2016, 130 Stat. 710

Repealed

This section has no operative text. The heading above names the act that repealed it, and the notes below are what the Code still records here.

Notes

removalDescription

Section 259, acts July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 343, 58 Stat. 699; Pub. L. 91–513, title I, § 2(a)(2)(A), (3), (4), , 84 Stat. 1240; Pub. L. 92–293, § 3, , 86 Stat. 136; Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 232(b), , 98 Stat. 2031, related to convict addicts or other persons with drug abuse or drug dependence problems.

removalDescription

Section 260, acts July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 344, 58 Stat. 701; June 25, 1948, ch. 654, § 5, 62 Stat. 1018; July 24, 1956, ch. 676, title III, § 302(b), 70 Stat. 622; Pub. L. 91–513, title I, § 2(a)(2)(A), (3), (4), , 84 Stat. 1240, related to addicts and persons with drug abuse or drug dependence problems.

removalDescription

Section 260a, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 345, as added May 8, 1954, ch. 195, § 2, 68 Stat. 79; amended July 24, 1956, ch. 676, title III, § 302(c), 70 Stat. 622; Pub. L. 91–358, title I, § 155(c)(32), , 84 Stat. 572, related to admission of addicts committed from District of Columbia.

removalDescription

Section 261, acts July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 346, formerly § 345, 58 Stat. 701; renumbered § 346, May 8, 1954, ch. 195, § 2, 68 Stat. 79; amended Pub. L. 91–513, title I, § 2(a)(2)(A), (5), , 84 Stat. 1240, related to penalties for introducing prohibited articles and substances into hospitals and escaping from, or aiding and abetting escape from hospitals.

removalDescription

Section 261a, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 347, as added May 8, 1954, ch. 195, § 4, 68 Stat. 80; amended Pub. L. 91–513, title I, § 2(a)(4), , 84 Stat. 1240, related to release of patients and determination by Surgeon General.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2016 Amendment

Pub. L. 114–198, title I, § 110(b), , 130 Stat. 710, provided that the amendment made by section 110(b) (amending directory language of section 3405(a) of Pub. L. 106–310, which repealed sections 259 to 261a of this title) is effective as if included in the enactment of Pub. L. 106–310.

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