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Title 50 — War and National DefenseRelease 119-73

§4212 Remedies with respect to criminal convictions

Title 50 › Chapter CHAPTER 52— - RESTITUTION FOR WORLD WAR II INTERNMENT OF JAPANESE-AMERICANS AND ALEUTS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - UNITED STATES CITIZENS OF JAPANESE ANCESTRY AND RESIDENT JAPANESE ALIENS › § 4212

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Ask the Attorney General to review any case where a person who was alive on August 10, 1988, and who, while a U.S. citizen or permanent resident of Japanese ancestry, was convicted for breaking Executive Order 9066 (Feb. 19, 1942), the March 21, 1942 Act (56 Stat. 173), or any U.S. order that removed, moved, or held people only because of Japanese ancestry. After the review, the Attorney General is asked to recommend to the President which convictions should be pardoned. The President is then asked, in light of Congress’s statement in section 4202(a), to grant pardons to those people the Attorney General recommends.

Full Legal Text

Title 50, §4212

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(a)The Attorney General is requested to review any case in which an individual living on August 10, 1988, was, while a United States citizen or permanent resident alien of Japanese ancestry, convicted of a violation of—
(1)Executive Order Numbered 9066, dated February 19, 1942;
(2)the Act entitled “An Act to provide a penalty for violation of restrictions or orders with respect to persons entering, remaining in, leaving, or committing any act in military areas or zones”, approved March 21, 1942 (56 Stat. 173); or
(3)any other Executive order, Presidential proclamation, law of the United States, directive of the Armed Forces of the United States, or other action taken by or on behalf of the United States or its agents, representatives, officers, or employees, respecting the evacuation, relocation, or internment of individuals solely on the basis of Japanese ancestry;
(b)Based upon any review under subsection (a), the Attorney General is requested to recommend to the President for pardon consideration those convictions which the Attorney General considers appropriate.
(c)In consideration of the statement of the Congress set forth in section 4202(a) of this title, the President is requested to offer pardons to any individuals recommended by the Attorney General under subsection (b).

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Executive Order Numbered 9066, dated
February 19, 1942, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), is not classified to the Code. The Act entitled “An Act to provide a penalty for violation of restrictions or orders with respect to persons entering, remaining in, leaving, or committing any act in military areas or zones”, approved
March 21, 1942 (56 Stat. 173), referred to in subsec. (a)(2), is act Mar. 21, 1942, ch. 191, 56 Stat. 173, which was classified to section 97a of former Title 18, Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure, and was repealed by act of
June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 21, 62 Stat. 868 and reenacted as section 1383 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure. Section 1383 of Title 18 was repealed by Pub. L. 94–412, title V, § 501(e), Sept. 14, 1976, 90 Stat. 1258. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 1989b–1 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

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50 U.S.C. § 4212

Title 50 — War and National Defense

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73