US Code

Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

15 U.S.C. § 142

Definitions

When used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates—
(a)
The term “person” includes individual, partnership, corporation, and association;
(b)
The term “China” means (1) China including Manchuria, Tibet, Mongolia, and any territory leased by China to any foreign government, (2) the Crown Colony of Hong Kong, and (3) the Province of Macao;
(c)
The terms “China Trade Act corporation” and “corporation” mean a corporation chartered under the provisions of this chapter;
(d)
The term “Federal district court” means any Federal district court, and the United States District Court for the District of Columbia;
(e)
The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Commerce; and
(f)
section 143 of this title The term “registrar” means the China Trade Act registrar appointed under .

Sept. 19, 1922, ch. 346, § 242 Stat. 849June 25, 1936, ch. 80449 Stat. 192157 Stat. 767June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 32(a)62 Stat. 991May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 12763 Stat. 107(, ; , ; Treaty , ; , ; , .)

Editorial Notes

Codification

57 Stat. 767Words “the United States Court for China” deleted from definition of “Federal district court” under the authority of Treaty between the United States and the Republic of China, , which was signed in Washington, , ratified by the United States Senate on , ratified by the President on , and ratified by the Republic of China on , by which the United States relinquished all extraterritorial jurisdiction and rights in China.

act Dec. 22, 1944, ch. 69158 Stat. 1086Congress by private , , provided for the relief of certain former employees of the United States Court for China for the period of to , on which date the Court ceased to exist.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Act , eff. , as amended by act , substituted “United States District Court for the District of Columbia” for “district court of the United States for the District of Columbia”.

Act , substituted “district court of the United States for the District of Columbia” for “Supreme Court of the District of Columbia”.