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of any articles or materials listed in a proclamation referred to in or issued under the authority

of section 452(i) 1 of this title.

(b) Renewal or adjustment of indebtedness

The provisions of this section shall not apply

to a renewal or adjustment of such indebtedness

as may exist on the date of such proclamation.

(c) Fine and imprisonment

Whoever shall knowingly violate any of the

provisions of this section or of any regulations

issued thereunder shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than $50,000 or imprisoned

for not more than five years, or both. Should the

violation be by a corporation, organization, or

association, each officer or director thereof participating in the violation shall be liable to the

penalty herein prescribed.

(d) Revocation of proclamation

Whenever any proclamation issued under the

authority of section 441(a) of this title shall

have been revoked with respect to any state the

provisions of this section shall thereupon cease

to apply with respect to such state, except as to

offenses committed prior to such revocation.

(e) Wartime

This section shall not be operative when the

United States is at war.

(Nov. 4, 1939, ch. 2, §7, 54 Stat. 8; Feb. 21, 1942, ch.

104, 56 Stat. 95.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Section 452(i) of this title, referred to in subsec. (a),

was repealed by act Aug. 26, 1954, ch. 937, title V,

§542(a)(12), 68 Stat. 861. See former section 1934(a) and

section 2778(a) of this title.

AMENDMENTS

1942—Subsec. (e). Joint Res. Feb. 21, 1942, added subsec. (e).

OPERATION OF SECTION POSTPONED UNTIL JULY 1, 1953

Joint Res. July 3, 1952, ch. 570, §1(b)(7), 66 Stat. 333,

as amended by Joint Res. Mar. 31, 1953, ch. 13, §1, 67

Stat. 18, provided that this section which is normally

operative in time of peace shall not be operative by

reason of the termination of a state of war on Apr. 28,

1952, but rather (in addition to being inoperative, in accordance with their terms, in time of war) shall continue to be inoperative until 6 months after the termination of the national emergency proclaimed by the

President on Dec. 16, 1950, 1950 Proc. 2914, 15 F.R. 9029,

set out as a note preceding section 1 of Title 50, Appendix, War and National Defense, or until such earlier

date or dates as the Congress may provide, but in no

event beyond Apr. 1, 1953.

REPEAL OF PRIOR ACTS CONTINUING SECTION

Section 6 of Joint Res. July 3, 1952, repealed Joint

Res. Apr. 14, 1952, ch. 204, 66 Stat. 54 as amended by

Joint Res. May 28, 1952, ch. 339, 66 Stat. 96; Joint Res.

June 14, 1952, ch. 437, 66 Stat. 137; Joint Res. June 30,

1952, ch. 526, 66 Stat. 296, which continued provisions

until July 3, 1952. This repeal shall take effect as of

June 16, 1952, by section 7 of Joint Res. July 3, 1952.

§ 448. Solicitation and collection of funds and

contributions

(a) Unlawful acts

Whenever the President shall have issued a

proclamation under the authority of section

441(a) of this title, it shall thereafter be unlawful for any person within the United States to

solicit or receive any contribution for or on behalf of the government of any state named in

such proclamation or for or on behalf of any

agent or instrumentality of any such state.

(b) Medical aid, food, and clothing

Nothing in this section shall be construed to

prohibit the solicitation or collection of funds

and contributions to be used for medical aid and

assistance, or for food and clothing to relieve

human suffering, when such solicitation or collection of funds and contributions is made on behalf of and for use by any person or organization

which is not acting for or on behalf of any such

government, but all such solicitations and collections of funds and contributions shall be in

accordance with and subject to such rules and

regulations as may be prescribed.

(c) Revocation of proclamation

Whenever any proclamation issued under the

authority of section 441(a) of this title shall

have been revoked with respect to any state the

provisions of this section shall thereupon cease

to apply with respect to such state, except as to

offenses committed prior to such revocation.

(Nov. 4, 1939, ch. 2, §8, 54 Stat. 8.)

§ 449. American republics

This subchapter (except section 452 1 of this

title) shall not apply to any American republic

engaged in war against a non-American state or

states, provided the American republic is not cooperating with a non-American state or states

in such war.

(Nov. 4, 1939, ch. 2, §9, 54 Stat. 8.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Section 452 of this title, referred to in text, was repealed by act Aug. 26, 1954, ch. 937, title V, §542(a)(12),

68 Stat. 861. See former section 1934(a) and section

2778(a) of this title.

§ 450. Restrictions on use of American ports

(a) Bond to insure non-delivery of men, ammunition, fuel, etc.

Whenever, during any war in which the United

States is neutral, the President, or any person

thereunto authorized by him, shall have cause

to believe that any vessel, domestic or foreign,

whether requiring clearance or not, is about to

carry out of a port or from the jurisdiction of

the United States, fuel, men, arms, ammunition,

implements of war, supplies, dispatches, or information to any warship, tender, or supply ship

of a state named in a proclamation issued under

the authority of section 441(a) of this title, but

the evidence is not deemed sufficient to justify

forbidding the departure of the vessel as provided for by section 967 of title 18, and if, in the

President’s judgment, such action will serve to

maintain peace between the United States and

foreign states, or to protect the commercial interests of the United States and its citizens, or

to promote the security or neutrality of the

United States, he shall have the power, and it