Section text and notes
Any person born in the Canal Zone on or after , and whether before or after the effective date of this chapter, whose father or mother or both at the time of the birth of such person was or is a citizen of the United States, is declared to be a citizen of the United States.
Any person born in the Republic of Panama on or after , and whether before or after the effective date of this chapter, whose father or mother or both at the time of the birth of such person was or is a citizen of the United States employed by the Government of the United States or by the Panama Railroad Company, or its successor in title, is declared to be a citizen of the United States.
June 27, 1952, ch. 477 66 Stat. 236 (, title III, ch. 1, § 303, .)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
section 3602(b) of Title 22For definition of Canal Zone, referred to in text, see , Foreign Relations and Intercourse.
section 1101 of this titleThe effective date of this chapter, referred to in text, is the 180th day immediately following . See section 407 of act , set out as an Effective Date note under .
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
act Sept. 26, 1950, ch. 1049, § 2(a)(2) 64 Stat. 1038 section 3602(b)(5) of Title 22Panama Railroad Company redesignated Panama Canal Company by , . References to Panama Canal Company in laws of the United States are deemed to refer to Panama Canal Commission pursuant to , Foreign Relations and Intercourse.