Joint resolution to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to extend certain charters of vessels to citizens of the Republic of the Philippines, and for other purposes
PL 83-87 (S.J.Res.88), enacted 06/30/1953

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PUBLIC LAW 87-JUNE 30, 1953 
[67 S T A T . 
66 Stat. 258. 
8 u s e 1448. 
Restrictions. 
66 Stat. 260. 
8 use 1451. 
66 Stat. 250. 
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ralization, to call witnesses, to administer oaths, including the oath 
of the petitioner and his witnesses to the petition and the oath 
prescribed by section 337 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
and to grant naturalization and to issue certificates of naturalization: 
Provided^ That the record of any proceedings hereunder shall be for-
warded to and filed by the clerk of a naturalization court in the dis-
trict designated by the petitioner and made a part of the record of 
such court. 
SEC. 3. Any person otherwise qualified for naturalization pursuant 
to section 1 or 2 of this Act who is or has been discharged under other 
than honorable conditions from the Armed Forces of the United 
States, or is discharged therefrom pursuant to an application for 
discharge made by him on the ground that he is an alien, or who is 
a conscientious objector who performs or performed no military duty 
whatever or refused to wear the uniform, shall not be entitled 
to the benefits of such section 1 or 2 of this Act: Provided, That citi-
zenship granted pursuant to section 1 or 2 of this Act may be revoked 
in accordance with section 340 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act if at any time subsequent to naturalization the person is separated 
from the Armed Forces of the United States under other than honor-
able conditions, and such ground for revocation shall be in addition 
to any other provided by law: Provided further, That for the pur-
poses of section 340 (f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 
revocation on such ground shall be classified with revocatory action 
based on section 329 (c) of that Act. 
The fact that the naturalized 
person was separated from the service under other than honorable 
conditions shall be proved by a duly authenticated certification from 
the executive or military department under which the person was 
serving at the time of separation. 
SEC. 4. When used in this Act, the term "United States" means the 
continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, and 
the Virgin Islands of the United States. 
Approved June 30, 1953. 
June 30, 1953 
CS. J. Res. 88] 
Public Law 87 
CHAPTER 163 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to extend certain charters of vessels 
to citizens of the Republic of the Philippines, and for other purposes. 
Philippines, 
eharters of ves-
sels. 
60 Stat. 137. 
50 u s e 1786. 
66 Stat. 65. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwithstanding any 
other provisions of existing law, the Secretary of Commerce is author-
ized to extend and continue the present charters of vessels to citizens 
of the Republic of the Philippines, which charters were made and 
entered into under the terms of section 306 (a) of the Act of April 
30, 1946 (Public Law 370, Seventy-ninth Congress), and which char-
ters were extended by the Secretary of Commerce under the terms of 
a joint resolution, approved April 30,1952 (Public Law 327, Eighty-
second Congress). 
Such charters may be further extended for such 
periods of time and under such terms and conditions as the Secretary 
may, from time to time, determine to be required in the interest of the 
economy of the Philippines, but any such charter shall contain a 
provision requiring that the vessel shall be operated only in the inter-
island commerce in the Philippines. 
No such vessel shall be continued 
under charter, as authorized herein, beyond the completion of the 
first voyage terminating after June 30, 1954. 
Approved June 30, 1953.