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[CITE: 22USC463]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
         CHAPTER 9--FOREIGN WARS, WAR MATERIALS, AND NEUTRALITY
 
        SUBCHAPTER III--PREVENTION OF OFFENSES AGAINST NEUTRALITY
 
Sec. 463. Bonds from armed vessels on clearing

    The owners or consignees of every armed vessel sailing out of the 
ports of, or under the jurisdiction of, the United States, belonging 
wholly or in part to citizens thereof, shall, before clearing out the 
same, give bond to the United States, with sufficient sureties, in 
double the amount of the value of the vessel and cargo on board, 
including her armament, conditioned that the vessel shall not be 
employed by such owners to cruise or commit hostilities against the 
subjects, citizens, or property of any foreign prince or state, or of 
any colony, district, or people, with whom the United States are at 
peace.

(Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, Sec. 16, 35 Stat. 1091.)

                          Codification

    Section was formerly classified to section 28 of title 18 prior to 
the general revision and enactment of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal 
Procedure, by act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, Sec. 1, 62 Stat. 683.


                            Prior Provisions

    Section was derived from R.S. Sec. 5289 (act Apr. 20, 1818, ch. 88, 
Sec. 10, 3 Stat. 449), which was repealed by section 341 of act Mar. 4, 
1909.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 464 of this title; title 10 
section 351.
