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Code · U.S. Code · Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE · CHAPTER 4— ESPIONAGE · § 31 to 39

§ 31 to 39. Repealed. June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 21, 62 Stat. 862

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June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 21 , 62 Stat. 862 Section 31, acts June 15, 1917, ch. 30 , title I, § 1, 40 Stat. 217 ; Mar. 28, 1940, ch. 72 , title I, § 1, 54 Stat. 79 , related to unlawful obtaining or permitting to be obtained information affecting national defense. See section 793 of Title 18 , Crimes and Criminal Procedure. Section 32, act June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title I, § 2 , 40 Stat. 218 , related to unlawful disclosures affecting national defense. See section 794 of Title 18 .
Section 33, act June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title I, § 3 , 40 Stat. 219 , related to seditious or disloyal acts or words in time of war. See section 2388 of Title 18 . Section 33 was amended by act May 16, 1918, ch. 75, § 1 , 40 Stat. 553 , which was repealed and the original section reenacted by act Mar. 3, 1921, ch. 136 , 41 Stat. 1359 . Section 34, act June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title I, § 4 , 40 Stat. 219 , related to conspiracy to violate sections 32 and 33 of this title. See sections 794 and 2388 of Title 18.
Section 35, acts June 15, 1917, ch. 30 , title I, § 5, 40 Stat. 219 ; Mar. 28, 1940, ch. 72, § 2 , 54 Stat. 79 , related to the harboring or concealing of violators of the law. See sections 792 and 2388 of Title 18. Section 36, act June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title I, § 6 , 40 Stat. 219 , related to designation by proclamation of prohibited areas. See section 793 of Title 18 . Section 37, act June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title I, § 8 , 40 Stat. 219 , related to places subject to provisions of sections 31 to 42 of this title.
See section 2388 of Title 18 . Section 38, act June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title I, § 7 , 40 Stat. 219 , related to jurisdiction of courts-martial and military commissions. Section 39, act June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title XIII, § 2 , 40 Stat. 231 ; Proc. No. 2695, eff. July 4, 1946 , 11 F.R. 7517, 60 Stat. 1352 , related to jurisdiction of Canal Zone courts over offenses on high seas. See section 3241 of Title 18 .
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