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[CITE: 42USC1716]

 
                 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. 1716. Presumption of death or detention

    A determination that an individual is dead or a determination that 
he has been detained by a hostile force or person may be made on the 
basis of evidence that he has disappeared under circumstances such as to 
make such death or detention appear probable.

(Dec. 2, 1942, ch. 668, title II, Sec. 206, 56 Stat. 1034; Pub. L. 85-
608, title I, Sec. 104, Aug. 8, 1958, 72 Stat. 537.)


                               Amendments

    1958--Pub. L. 85-608 substituted ``a hostile force or person'' for 
``the enemy''.


                    Effective Date of 1958 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 85-608 effective June 30, 1958, see section 402 
of Pub. L. 85-608, set out as a note under section 1651 of this title.
