Public Law 119-102 (07/12/2026)

50 U.S.C. § 223

Forfeiture of vessels owned by citizens of insurrectionary States

Section text and notes

section 205 of this titleFrom and after fifteen days after the issuing of the proclamation, as provided in , any vessel belonging in whole or in part to any citizen or inhabitant of such State or part of a State whose inhabitants are so declared in a state of insurrection, found at sea, or in any port of the rest of the United States, shall be forfeited.

(R.S. § 5319.)

Editorial Notes

Codification

act July 12, 1861, ch. 3, § 7 12 Stat. 257 R.S. § 5319 derived from , .