2019 US Code
Title 50 - War and National Defense
Chapter 50 - Servicemembers Civil Relief
Sec. 3902 - Purpose
| 50 U.S.C. § 3902 (2019) |
| §3902. Purpose |
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The purposes of this chapter are— (1) to provide for, strengthen, and expedite the national defense through protection extended by this chapter to servicemembers of the United States to enable such persons to devote their entire energy to the defense needs of the Nation; and (2) to provide for the temporary suspension of judicial and administrative proceedings and transactions that may adversely affect the civil rights of servicemembers during their military service. |
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(Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, §2, as added Pub. L. 108–189, §1, Dec. 19, 2003, 117 Stat. 2836.) |
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CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 502 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. PRIOR PROVISIONSProvisions similar to this section were contained in section 100 of act Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, art. I, 54 Stat. 1179, prior to the general amendment of this Act by Pub. L. 108–189. EFFECTIVE DATESection applicable to any case not final before Dec. 19, 2003, see section 3 of Pub. L. 108–189, set out as a note under section 3901 of this title. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE |
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| Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE CHAPTER 50 - SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF Sec. 3902 - Purpose |
| section 3902 |
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| January 24, 2020 |
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| 54 Stat. 1179 117 Stat. 2836 |
| Public Law 108-189 |
