2020 US Code
Title 22 - Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 2 - Consular Courts
Secs. 141 to 143 - Repealed. Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 807, 70 Stat. 774

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Section Name §§141 to 143. Repealed. Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 807, 70 Stat. 774
Repeal Summary

Act Aug. 1, 1956, repealed sections 141 to 143 effective upon the date which the President determined to be appropriate for the relinquishment of jurisdiction of the United States in Morocco. Jurisdiction of the United States in Morocco was relinquished by memorandum of President Eisenhower dated Sept. 15, 1956. Notice was given to Morocco on Oct. 6, 1956, and all pending cases were disposed of by 1960. See Bulletin of the State Department Vol. 35:909, page 844.

Section 141, R.S. §§4083, 4125, 4126, 4127; act June 14, 1878, ch. 193, 20 Stat. 131, related to judicial authority generally of ministers and consuls of United States in China, Siam, Turkey, Morocco, Muscat, Abyssinia, Persia, and territories formerly part of Ottoman Empire including Egypt.

Section 142, R.S. §4084, related to general criminal jurisdiction of ministers and consuls of United States.

Section 143, R.S. §4085, related to general jurisdiction of ministers and consuls of United States and venue in civil cases.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 2 - CONSULAR COURTS
Secs. 141 to 143 - Repealed. Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 807, 70 Stat. 774
Contains sections 141 to 143
Date 2020
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 13, 2021
Positive Law No
Disposition repealed
Statutes at Large References 20 Stat. 131
70 Stat. 774
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