2019 US Code
Title 50 - War and National Defense
Chapter 53 - Trading With the Enemy
Sec. 4311 - Importations prohibited

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Citation 50 U.S.C. § 4311 (2019)
Section Name §4311. Importations prohibited
Section Text

Whenever during the present war the President shall find that the public safety so requires and shall make proclamation thereof it shall be unlawful to import into the United States from any country named in such proclamation any article or articles mentioned in such proclamation except at such time or times, and under such regulations or orders, and subject to such limitations and exceptions as the President shall prescribe, until otherwise ordered by the President or by Congress: Provided, however, That no preference shall be given to the ports of one State over those of another.

Source Credit

(Oct. 6, 1917, ch. 106, §11, 40 Stat. 422.)

Editorial Notes CODIFICATION

Section was formerly classified to section 11 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, 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 53 - TRADING WITH THE ENEMY
Sec. 4311 - Importations prohibited
Contains section 4311
Date 2019
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 24, 2020
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 40 Stat. 422
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