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Code · U.S. Code · Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE · CHAPTER 9— FOREIGN WARS, WAR MATERIALS, AND NEUTRALITY · SUBCHAPTER III— PREVENTION OF OFFENSES AGAINST NEUTRALITY · § 462

§ 462. Compelling foreign vessels to depart

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It shall be lawful for the President to employ such part of the land or naval forces of the United States, or of the militia thereof, as he may deem necessary to compel any foreign vessel to depart from the United States or any of its possessions in all cases in which, by the law of nations or the treaties of the United States, it ought not to remain, and to detain or prevent any foreign vessel from so departing in all cases in which, by the law of nations or the treaties of the United States, it is not entitled to depart.
(Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 15, 35 Stat. 1091; June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title V, § 10, 40 Stat. 223.)
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  • Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 15
  • 35 Stat. 1091
  • June 15, 1917, ch. 30
  • 40 Stat. 223
  • act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 1
  • 62 Stat. 683
  • act Apr. 20, 1818, ch. 88, § 9
  • 3 Stat. 449
  • act Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 341
  • 35 Stat. 1153
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Compelling foreign vessels to depart
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ActMar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 15
Stat.35 Stat. 1091
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Stat.40 Stat. 223
Actact June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 1
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