2020 US Code
Title 22 - Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 9 - Foreign Wars, War Materials, and Neutrality
Subchapter I - War Materials
Sec. 406 - Interference with foreign trade

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Citation 22 U.S.C. § 406 (2020)
Section Name §406. Interference with foreign trade
Section Text

Except in those cases in which the exportation of arms and munitions of war or other articles is forbidden by proclamation or otherwise by the President, as provided in section 401 of this title, nothing herein contained shall be construed to extend to, or interfere with any trade in such commodities, conducted with any foreign port or place wheresoever, or with any other trade which might have been lawfully carried on before June 15, 1917, under the law of nations, or under the treaties or conventions entered into by the United States, or under the laws thereof.

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(June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title VI, §6, 40 Stat. 225.)


Editorial Notes EDITORIAL NOTES REFERENCES IN TEXT

Herein, referred to in text, means act June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title VI, 40 Stat. 223, as amended, which enacted sections 31 to 39, 98, 130 to 133, 288, 343 to 346, 381, 502, 535, 536, 574, and 611 to 633 of former Title 18, Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure, sections 213, 231 to 233, 235, 401 to 408a, 462, and 465 of this title, and sections 30 to 42, former section 191, former sections 192 to 194, and section 195 of Title 50, War and National Defense, and amended sections 25, 27, and 349 of former Title 18. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

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 9 - FOREIGN WARS, WAR MATERIALS, AND NEUTRALITY
SUBCHAPTER I - WAR MATERIALS
Sec. 406 - Interference with foreign trade
Contains section 406
Date 2020
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 13, 2021
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 40 Stat. 225, 223
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