Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §§ 39, 133, 346, 381, 502, and 632, and
section 40 of title 50, U.S.C., 1940 ed., War and National Defense (
June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title XIII, § 1, 40 Stat. 231). Section consolidates the first sentence of
section 39, all of
section 133, 346, and 632, and the second sentences, respectively, of
section 381 and
502, all of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., and
section 40 of title 50, U.S.C., 1940 ed., War and National Defense, with minor changes in phraseology. All of these sections and parts of sections were derived from
section 1 of title XIII of said act of
June 15, 1917. Said
section 40 of title 50, U.S.C., War and National Defense, has also been retained in that title, as it still relates to some sections therein which were not transferred to this title. The remainder of said
section 39 of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., which was derived from
section 2, 3, and 4 of title XIII of the act of
June 15, 1917, relating to jurisdiction and other matters, is almost entirely obsolete. The provisions still in force are incorporated in
section 3241 of this title. The remaining provisions of said
section 381 and
502 of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., which were derived from sources other than said
section 1 of title XIII of the act of
June 15, 1917, are incorporated in
section 1364 and
2275 of this title. Senate Revision AmendmentWords “, except the Canal Zone.” were substituted for the period in this section by Senate amendment. See
, amendment No. 2, 80th Cong.
For definition of Canal Zone, referred to in text, see
section 3602(b) of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.