Sec. 509. GOOD MORAL CHARACTER DEFINITION
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## SEC. 509 GOOD MORAL CHARACTER DEFINITION ###
(a)In General Section 101(f)(8) (8 U.S.C. 1101(f)(8)) is amended by striking “the crime of murder” and inserting “an aggravated felony (as defined in subsection (a)(43))”. ###
(b)Effective Date The amendment made by subsection
(a)shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to convictions occurring on or after such date,31 except with respect to conviction for murder which shall be considered a bar to good moral character regardless of the date of the conviction. 31The phrase beginning “, except” was inserted by §306(a)(7) of the Miscellaneous and Technical Immigration and Naturalization Amendments of 1991 (P.L. 102–232, Dec. 12, 1991, 105 Stat. 1751), effective as if included in the enactment of the Immigration Act of 1990.
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