2011 US Code
Title 22 - Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 2 - CONSULAR COURTS (§§ 141 - 183)
Section 141 to 143 - Repealed. Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 807, 70 Stat. 774
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE CHAPTER 2 - CONSULAR COURTS Secs. 141 to 143 - Repealed. Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 807, 70 Stat. 774 |
| Contains | sections 141 to 143 |
| Date | 2011 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | repealed |
| Statutes at Large References | 20 Stat. 131 70 Stat. 774 |
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Act Aug. 1, 1956, repealed sections 141 to 143 effective upon the date which the President determined to be appropriate for the relinquishment of jurisdiction of the United States in Morocco. Jurisdiction of the United States in Morocco was relinquished by memorandum of President Eisenhower dated Sept. 15, 1956. Notice was given to Morocco on Oct. 6, 1956, and all pending cases were disposed of by 1960. See Bulletin of the State Department Vol. 35:909, page 844.
Section 141, R.S. §§4083, 4125, 4126, 4127; act June 14, 1878, ch. 193, 20 Stat. 131, related to judicial authority generally of ministers and consuls of United States in China, Siam, Turkey, Morocco, Muscat, Abyssinia, Persia, and territories formerly part of Ottoman Empire including Egypt.
Section 142, R.S. §4084, related to general criminal jurisdiction of ministers and consuls of United States.
Section 143, R.S. §4085, related to general jurisdiction of ministers and consuls of United States and venue in civil cases.
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