2012 US Code
Title 50 - War and National Defense
Chapter 23 - INTERNAL SECURITY (§§ 781 - 858)
Subchapter V - REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN PERSONS TRAINED IN FOREIGN ESPIONAGE SYSTEMS (§§ 851 - 858)
Section 855 - Violations; penalties; deportation

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
CHAPTER 23 - INTERNAL SECURITY
SUBCHAPTER V - REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN PERSONS TRAINED IN FOREIGN ESPIONAGE SYSTEMS
Sec. 855 - Violations; penalties; deportation
Containssection 855
Date2012
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 15, 2013
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditAug. 1, 1956, ch. 849, §6, 70 Stat. 900; Pub. L. 104-208, div. C, title III, §308(g)(9)(B), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009-624.
Statutes at Large References66 Stat. 163
70 Stat. 900
110 Stat. 3009-624
Public Law ReferencesPublic Law 104-208

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REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN PERSONS TRAINED IN FOREIGN ESPIONAGE SYSTEMS - 50 U.S.C. § 855 (2012)
§855. Violations; penalties; deportation

(a) Whoever willfully violates any provision of this subchapter or any regulation thereunder, or in any registration statement willfully make 1 a false statement of a material fact or willfully omits any material fact, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both.

(b) Any alien convicted of a violation of this subchapter or any regulation thereunder is subject to deportation in the manner provided by chapter 4 of title II of the Immigration and Nationality Act [8 U.S.C. 1221 et seq.].

(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 849, §6, 70 Stat. 900; Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title III, §308(g)(9)(B), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–624.)

References in Text

The Immigration and Nationality Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is act June 27, 1952, ch. 477, 66 Stat. 163, as amended. Chapter 4 of title II of the Act is classified generally to part IV (§1221 et seq.) of subchapter II of chapter 12 of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1101 of Title 8 and Tables.

Codification

Section was not enacted as part of the Internal Security Act of 1950 which comprises subchapters I to III of this chapter.

Amendments

1996—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104–208 substituted “chapter 4 of title II of the Immigration and Nationality Act” for “chapter 5, title II, of the Immigration and Nationality Act (66 Stat. 163)”.

Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 104–208 effective, with certain transitional provisions, on the first day of the first month beginning more than 180 days after Sept. 30, 1996, see section 309 of Pub. L. 104–208, set out as a note under section 1101 of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality.

1 So in original. Probably should be “makes”.

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