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[CITE: 42USC1712]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
CHAPTER 12--COMPENSATION FOR INJURY, DEATH, OR DETENTION OF EMPLOYEES OF 
          CONTRACTORS WITH UNITED STATES OUTSIDE UNITED STATES
 
                 SUBCHAPTER II--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 1712. Disqualification from benefits

    No person convicted in a court of competent jurisdiction of any 
subversive act against the United States or any of its Allies, committed 
after the declaration by the President on May 27, 1941, of the national 
emergency, shall be entitled to compensation or other benefits under 
subchapter I of this chapter, nor shall any compensation be payable with 
respect to his death or detention under said subchapter, and upon 
indictment or the filing of an information charging the commission of 
any such subversive act, all such compensation or other benefits shall 
be suspended and remain suspended until acquittal or withdrawal of such 
charge, but upon conviction thereof or upon death occurring prior to a 
final disposition thereof, all such payments and all benefits under said 
subchapter shall be forfeited and terminated. If the charge is 
withdrawn, or there is an acquittal, all such compensation withheld 
shall be paid to the person or persons entitled thereto.

(Dec. 2, 1942, ch. 668, title II, Sec. 202, 56 Stat. 1034.)


               National Emergency Declared on May 27, 1941

    The national emergency declared by the President on May 27, 1941, by 
Proc. No. 2487, 6 F.R. 2617, 55 Stat. 1647, was terminated April 28, 
1952 by Proc. No. 2974, Apr. 30, 1952, 17 F.R. 3813, 66 Stat. c31, set 
out as a note preceding section 1 of Appendix to Title 50, War and 
National Defense.
