2018 US Code
Title 50 - War and National Defense
Chapter 3 - Alien Enemies
Sec. 22 - Time allowed to settle affairs and depart

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Citation 50 U.S.C. § 22 (2018)
Section Name §22. Time allowed to settle affairs and depart
Section Text

When an alien who becomes liable as an enemy, in the manner prescribed in section 21 of this title, is not chargeable with actual hostility, or other crime against the public safety, he shall be allowed, for the recovery, disposal, and removal of his goods and effects, and for his departure, the full time which is or shall be stipulated by any treaty then in force between the United States and the hostile nation or government of which he is a native citizen, denizen, or subject; and where no such treaty exists, or is in force, the President may ascertain and declare such reasonable time as may be consistent with the public safety, and according to the dictates of humanity and national hospitality.

Source Credit

(R.S. §4068.)

Editorial Notes CODIFICATION

R.S. §4068 derived from acts July 6, 1798, ch. 66, §1, 1 Stat. 577; July 6, 1812, ch. 130, 2 Stat. 781.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, 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 3 - ALIEN ENEMIES
Sec. 22 - Time allowed to settle affairs and depart
Contains section 22
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 1 Stat. 577
2 Stat. 781
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