2011 US Code
Title 22 - Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 51 - PANAMA CANAL (§§ 3601 - 3873)
Subchapter I - ADMINISTRATION AND REGULATIONS (§§ 3611 - 3823)
Part 1 - Panama Canal Commission (§§ 3611 - 3623)
Section 3618 - Defense of Panama Canal
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 51 - PANAMA CANAL SUBCHAPTER I - ADMINISTRATION AND REGULATIONS Part 1 - Panama Canal Commission Sec. 3618 - Defense of Panama Canal |
| Contains | section 3618 |
| Date | 2011 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 96-70, title I, §1108, Sept. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 458. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 93 Stat. 458 |
| Public Law Reference | Public Law 96-70 |
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In the event of an armed attack against the Panama Canal, or when, in the opinion of the President, conditions exist which threaten the security of the Canal, the Administrator of the Commission shall, upon the order of the President, comply with such directives as the United States military officer charged with the protection and defense of the Panama Canal may consider necessary in the exercise of his duties.
(Pub. L. 96–70, title I, §1108, Sept. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 458.)
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