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[CITE: 50USC31]

 
                   TITLE 50--WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                          CHAPTER 4--ESPIONAGE
 
Secs. 31 to 39. Repealed. June 25, 1948, ch. 645, Sec. 21, 62 
        Stat. 862
        
    Section 31, acts June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title I, Sec. 1, 40 Stat. 
217; Mar. 28, 1940, ch. 72, title I, Sec. 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, Sec. 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, Sec. 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ch. 75, Sec. 1, 40 Stat. 553, which was repealed and the original 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, Sec. 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, Sec. 5, 40 Stat. 
219; Mar. 28, 1940, ch. 72, Sec. 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, Sec. 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, Sec. 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, Sec. 7, 40 Stat. 
219, related to jurisdiction of courts-martial and military commissions.
    Section 39, act June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title XIII, Sec. 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.


                        Effective Date of Repeal

    Repeal of sections 31 to 39 effective Sept. 1, 1948, see section 38 
of act June 25, 1948, set out as an Effective Date note preceding 
section 1 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.
