22 U.S.C. § 462 — Compelling foreign vessels to depart

submitted 117 years ago by ch. 321 to r/title-22-FOREIGN-RELATIONS-AND-INTERCOURSE · 103 words · no verdicts yet

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The President may use military force to make a foreign ship leave the United States when international law or a treaty says it should not stay, or to stop a foreign ship from leaving when international law or a treaty says it is not allowed to depart.

The President may use the U.S. Army, Navy, or militia — whatever the President thinks is necessary — for two purposes: to force a foreign vessel to leave the United States or its possessions, in any case where the law of nations or a U.S. treaty says the vessel should not remain; and to detain or stop a foreign vessel from leaving, in any case where the law of nations or a U.S. treaty says it is not allowed to depart.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

It shall be lawful for the President to employ such part of the land or naval forces of the United States, or of the militia thereof, as he may deem necessary to compel any foreign vessel to depart from the United States or any of its possessions in all cases in which, by the law of nations or the treaties of the United States, it ought not to remain, and to detain or prevent any foreign vessel from so departing in all cases in which, by the law of nations or the treaties of the United States, it is not entitled to depart.

Source credit: (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 15, 35 Stat. 1091; June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title V, § 10, 40 Stat. 223.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1909Enacted · Act of Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321 · 35 Stat. 1091
1917Amended · Act of June 15, 1917, ch. 30 · 40 Stat. 223

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