2015 US Code
Title 50 - War and National Defense (Sections 1 - 4705)
Chapter 23 - Internal Security (Sections 781 - 858)
Subchapter IV - Communist Control (Sections 841 - 844)
Sec. 843 - Application of Internal Security Act of 1950 to members of Communist Party and other subversive organizations; "Communist Party" defined
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE CHAPTER 23 - INTERNAL SECURITY SUBCHAPTER IV - COMMUNIST CONTROL Sec. 843 - Application of Internal Security Act of 1950 to members of Communist Party and other subversive organizations; "Communist Party" defined |
Contains | section 843 |
Date | 2015 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Aug. 24, 1954, ch. 886, §4, 68 Stat. 776. |
Statutes at Large References | 64 Stat. 987 68 Stat. 776 |
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(a) Whoever knowingly and willfully becomes or remains a member of (1) the Communist Party, or (2) any other organization having for one of its purposes or objectives the establishment, control, conduct, seizure, or overthrow of the Government of the United States, or the government of any State or political subdivision thereof, by the use of force or violence, with knowledge of the purpose or objective of such organization shall be subject to all the provisions and penalties of the Internal Security Act of 1950, as amended [50 U.S.C. 781 et seq.], as a member of a "Communist-action" organization.
(b) For the purposes of this section, the term "Communist Party" means the organization now known as the Communist Party of the United States of America, the Communist Party of any State or subdivision thereof, and any unit or subdivision of any such organization, whether or not any change is hereafter made in the name thereof.
(Aug. 24, 1954, ch. 886, §4, 68 Stat. 776.)
REFERENCES IN TEXTThe Internal Security Act of 1950, as amended, referred to in subsec. (a), is act Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1024, 64 Stat. 987, as amended, which is classified principally to subchapters I to III of this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 781 of this title and Tables.
CODIFICATIONSection was enacted as part of the Communist Control Act of 1954, and not as part of the Internal Security Act of 1950 which comprises subchapters I to III of this chapter.
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