§ 462. — Compelling foreign vessels to depart.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC462]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 9--FOREIGN WARS, WAR MATERIALS, AND NEUTRALITY
SUBCHAPTER III--PREVENTION OF OFFENSES AGAINST NEUTRALITY
Sec. 462. Compelling foreign vessels to depart
It shall be lawful for the President to employ such part of the land
or naval forces of the United States, or of the militia thereof, as he
may deem necessary to compel any foreign vessel to depart from the
United States or any of its possessions in all cases in which, by the
law of nations or the treaties of the United States, it ought not to
remain, and to detain or prevent any foreign vessel from so departing in
all cases in which, by the law of nations or the treaties of the United
States, it is not entitled to depart.
(Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, Sec. 15, 35 Stat. 1091; June 15, 1917, ch. 30,
title V, Sec. 10, 40 Stat. 223.)
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 27 of title 18 prior to
the general revision and enactment of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal
Procedure, by act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, Sec. 1, 62 Stat. 683.
Act June 15, 1917, inserted provisions relating to detention of
vessels.
Prior Provisions
Section was derived from R.S. Sec. 5288 (act Apr. 20, 1818, ch. 88,
Sec. 9, 3 Stat. 449), which was repealed by section 341 of act Mar. 4,
1909.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 408a, 465 of this title.
