§ 1502. Certificate of nationality issued by Secretary of State for person not a naturalized citizen of United States for use in proceedings of a foreign state

Statutory text

The Secretary of State is authorized to issue, in his discretion and in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by him, a certificate of nationality for any person not a naturalized citizen of the United States who presents satisfactory evidence that he is an American national and that such certificate is needed for use in judicial or administrative proceedings in a foreign state. Such certificate shall be solely for use in the case for which it was issued and shall be transmitted by the Secretary of State through appropriate official channels to the judicial or administrative officers of the foreign state in which it is to be used.

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.

1952
Pub. L. 82–477 · 66 Stat. 609
Enacted · 8 U.S.C. § 1502
(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title III, ch. 4, § 359, 66 Stat. 273.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title III, ch. 4, § 359, 66 Stat. 273.)

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Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 101 of this title.

Credits

(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title III, ch. 4, § 359, 66 Stat. 273.)