§ 406. — Interference with foreign trade.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC406]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 9--FOREIGN WARS, WAR MATERIALS, AND NEUTRALITY
SUBCHAPTER I--WAR MATERIALS
Sec. 406. Interference with foreign trade
Except in those cases in which the exportation of arms and munitions
of war or other articles is forbidden by proclamation or otherwise by
the President, as provided in section 401 of this title, nothing herein
contained shall be construed to extend to, or interfere with any trade
in such commodities, conducted with any foreign port or place
wheresoever, or with any other trade which might have been lawfully
carried on before June 15, 1917, under the law of nations, or under the
treaties or conventions entered into by the United States, or under the
laws thereof.
(June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title VI, Sec. 6, 40 Stat. 225.)
References in Text
Herein, referred to in text, means act June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title
VI, 40 Stat. 223, as amended, which enacted sections 31 to 39, 98, 130
to 133, 288, 343 to 346, 381, 502, 535, 536, 574, and 611 to 633 of
former Title 18, Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure, sections 213, 231
to 233, 235, 401 to 408a, 462, and 465 of this title, and sections 30 to
42, 191, and 192 to 195 of Title 50, War and National Defense, and
amended sections 25, 27, and 349 of former Title 18. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 408, 408a of this title.
