§ 1974. — Inapplicability of chapter to certain seizures.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC1974]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 25--PROTECTION OF VESSELS ON THE HIGH SEAS AND IN TERRITORIAL
WATERS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES
Sec. 1974. Inapplicability of chapter to certain seizures
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply with respect to a
seizure made by a country at war with the United States or a seizure
made in accordance with the provisions of any applicable convention or
treaty, if that treaty or convention was made with advice and consent to
\1\ the Senate and was in force and effect for the United States and the
seizing country at the time of the seizure.
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\1\ So in original. Probably should be ``of''.
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(Aug. 27, 1954, ch. 1018, Sec. 4, 68 Stat. 883; Pub. L. 98-364, title
III, Sec. 303(b), July 17, 1984, 98 Stat. 444.)
Amendments
1984--Pub. L. 98-364 substituted ``any applicable convention or
treaty, if that treaty or convention was made with advice and consent to
the Senate and was in force and effect for the United States and the
seizing country at the time of the seizure'' for ``any fishery
convention or treaty to which the United States is a party''.
Effective Date of 1984 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 98-364 applicable with respect to seizures made
after Apr. 1, 1983, by foreign countries of vessels of the United
States, see section 303(c) of Pub. L. 98-364, set out as a note under
section 1972 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in title 16 section 972c.
