2016 US Code
Title 8 - Aliens and Nationality
Chapter 12 - Immigration and Nationality
Subchapter III - Nationality and Naturalization
Part II - Nationality Through Naturalization
Sec. 1425 - Ineligibility to naturalization of deserters from the Armed Forces
| 8 U.S.C. § 1425 (2016) |
| §1425. Ineligibility to naturalization of deserters from the Armed Forces |
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A person who, at any time during which the United States has been or shall be at war, deserted or shall desert the military, air, or naval forces of the United States, or who, having been duly enrolled, departed, or shall depart from the jurisdiction of the district in which enrolled, or who, whether or not having been duly enrolled, went or shall go beyond the limits of the United States, with intent to avoid any draft into the military, air, or naval service, lawfully ordered, shall, upon conviction thereof by a court martial or a court of competent jurisdiction, be permanently ineligible to become a citizen of the United States; and such deserters and evaders shall be forever incapable of holding any office of trust or of profit under the United States, or of exercising any rights of citizens thereof. |
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(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title III, ch. 2, §314, 66 Stat. 241.) |
| United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 8 - ALIENS AND NATIONALITY |
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| Title 8 - ALIENS AND NATIONALITY CHAPTER 12 - IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY SUBCHAPTER III - NATIONALITY AND NATURALIZATION Part II - Nationality Through Naturalization Sec. 1425 - Ineligibility to naturalization of deserters from the Armed Forces |
| section 1425 |
| 2016 |
| January 6, 2017 |
| No |
| standard |
| 66 Stat. 241 |
