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2020 US Code
Title 22 - Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 2 - Consular Courts
Secs. 176 to 181 - Repealed. Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 807, 70 Stat. 774

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Section Name §§176 to 181. Repealed. Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 807, 70 Stat. 774
Repeal Summary

Act Aug. 1, 1956, repealed sections 176 to 181 effective upon the date which the President determined to be appropriate for the relinquishment of jurisdiction of the United States in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 176, R.S. §4128, related to the exercise of judicial duties by the Secretary of State in the absence of a minister.

Section 177, R.S. §§4127, 4129; act June 14, 1878, ch. 193, 20 Stat. 131, related to the general extension to unnamed countries with which the United States may after July 1, 1870 enter into treaty relations, of the provisions relating to the jurisdiction of consular and diplomatic officers.

Section 178, R.S. §4130; acts Feb. 1, 1876, ch. 6, 19 Stat. 2; Feb. 5, 1915, ch. 23, §6, 38 Stat. 806, related to the definition of the words "minister" and "consul".

Section 179, R.S. §4110, related to the responsibility of diplomatic and consular officers as judicial officers.

Section 180, R.S. §4088; act Apr. 5, 1906, ch. 1366, §3, 34 Stat. 100, related to the power of consuls in uncivilized countries or countries not recognized by treaties.

Section 181, R.S. §4125, related to the applicability of other laws to Turkey.
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Secs. 176 to 181 - Repealed. Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 807, 70 Stat. 774
Contains sections 176 to 181
Date 2020
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 13, 2021
Positive Law No
Disposition repealed
Statutes at Large References 19 Stat. 2
20 Stat. 131
34 Stat. 100
38 Stat. 806
70 Stat. 774
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