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[CITE: 50USC797]

 
                   TITLE 50--WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                      CHAPTER 23--INTERNAL SECURITY
 
             SUBCHAPTER I--CONTROL OF SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES
 
Sec. 797. Security regulations and orders; penalty for violation

    (a) Whoever willfully shall violate any such regulation or order as, 
pursuant to lawful authority, shall be or has been promulgated or 
approved by the Secretary of Defense, or by any military commander 
designated by the Secretary of Defense, or by the Director of the 
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, for the protection or 
security of military or naval aircraft, airports, airport facilities, 
vessels, harbors, ports, piers, water-front facilities, bases, forts, 
posts, laboratories, stations, vehicles, equipment, explosives, or other 
property or places subject to the jurisdiction, administration, or in 
the custody of the Department of Defense, any Department or agency of 
which said Department consists, or any officer or employee of said 
Department or agency, or of the National Advisory Committee for 
Aeronautics or any officer or employee thereof, relating to fire 
hazards, fire protection, lighting, machinery, guard service, disrepair, 
disuse or other unsatisfactory conditions thereon, or the ingress 
thereto or egress or removal of persons therefrom, or otherwise 
providing for safeguarding the same against destruction, loss, or injury 
by accident or by enemy action, sabotage or other subversive actions, 
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be 
liable to a fine of not to exceed $5,000 or to imprisonment for not more 
than one year, or both.
    (b) Every such regulation or order shall be posted in conspicuous 
and appropriate places.

(Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1024, title I, Sec. 21, 64 Stat. 1005.)


       Termination of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

    The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, as established by 
act Mar. 3, 1915, ch. 83, 38 Stat. 930, was terminated pursuant to 
section 301(a) of Pub. L. 85-568, title III, July 29, 1958, 72 Stat. 
432, set out as a note under section 2472 of Title 42, The Public Health 
and Welfare, which transferred all its functions, powers, duties, and 
obligations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. See 
section 2451 et seq. of Title 42.


                            Cross References

    Espionage and censorship, penalties for violation of laws relating 
to, see section 792 et seq. of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.
    Sabotage, penalties for, see section 2151 et seq. of Title 18.
