§842 — Title 50 War and National Defense | U.S. Code

Summary

Stops the Communist Party of the United States, and any successor group under any name, from using the legal rights, privileges, or protections given to official organizations if their goal is to overthrow the U.S. government or any state, territory, district, possession, or local government by force or violence. Any such rights already granted to that party or its branches are ended. Nothing here changes the Internal Security Act of 1950.

Title 50, §842

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The Communist Party of the United States, or any successors of such party regardless of the assumed name, whose object or purpose is to overthrow the Government of the United States, or the government of any State, Territory, District, or possession thereof, or the government of any political subdivision therein by force and violence, are not entitled to any of the rights, privileges, and immunities attendant upon legal bodies created under the jurisdiction of the laws of the United States or any political subdivision thereof; and whatever rights, privileges, and immunities which have heretofore been granted to said party or any subsidiary organization by reason of the laws of the United States or any political subdivision thereof, are terminated: Provided, however, That nothing in this section shall be construed as amending the Internal Security Act of 1950, as amended [50 U.S.C. 781 et seq.]

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Internal Security Act of 1950, as amended, referred to in text, is act Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1024, 64 Stat. 987, which is classified principally to subchapters I to III of this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 781 of this title and Tables. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Communist Control Act of 1954, and not as part of the Internal Security Act of 1950 which comprises subchapters I to III of this chapter.

§842 Proscription of Communist Party, Its Successors, and Subsidiary Organizations