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PUBLIC LAW 414-JUNE 27, 1952
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(37) Act of August 19, 1937 (50 Stat. 696, ch. 698); (38) Act of July 27, 1939 (53 Stat. 1133; 48 U.S.C. 1251-1257); (39) Title III of Act of June 28, 1940 (54 Stat. 673; 8 U.S.C. 451^60); 8 USC 720a. (49) Act of July 2, 1940 (54 Stat. 715-716^; (41) Section 2 of Act of August 16, 1940 (54 Stat. 788); (42) Act of October 14, 1940 (54 Stat. 1137); (43) Act of June 20, 1941 (55 Stat. 252; 22 U.S.C. 228, 229); (44) Section 2 of Act of December 17, 1943 (57 Stat. 601; 8 U.S.C. 212a); (45) Sections 4 and 5 of Act of July 2, 1946 (60 Stat. 417; 8 U.S.C. 212b, 212c); (46) Section 5 of the Act of May 31, 1947 (61 Stat. 122; 8 U.S.C. 732a); (47) The paragraph headed "General provisions—Department of Justice" in Chapter III of the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1951 fu|c**i55°a*' (Public Law 843, Eighty-first Congress); fusc'ii7?9 i3> (^^) ^^^ ^^^ ^t March 28, 1951 (Public Law 14, Eighty-second 10. ' Congress, first session). (b) Except as otherwise provided in section 405, all other laws, or parts of laws, in conflict or inconsistent with this Act are, to the extent of such conflict or inconsistency, repealed. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
SEC. 404. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. SAVINGS CLAUSES
SEC. 405. (a) Nothing contained in this Act, unless otherwise specifically provided therein, shall be construed to affect the validity of any .e)o/ Pv'.-' declaration of intention, petition for naturalization, certificate of naturalization, certificate of citizenship, warrant of arrest, order or warrant of deportation, order of exclusion, or other document or proceeding which shall be valid at the time this Act shall take effect; or to affect any prosecution, suit, action, or proceedings, civil or criminal, brought, or any status, condition, right in process of acquisition, act, thing, liability, obligation, or matter, civil or criminal, done or exist,j, ing, at the time this Act shall take effect; but as to all such prosecutions, suits, actions, proceedings, statutes, conditions, rights, acts, things, liabilities, obligations, or matters the statutes or parts of statutes repealed by this Act are, unless otherwise specifically provided therein, hereby continued in force and effect. When an immigrant, in possession of an unexpired immigrant visa issued prior to the effective date of this Act, makes application for admission, his admissibility shall be determined under the provisions of law in effect on the date of the issuance of such visa. An application for suspension |5y|tat.^ 889. of deportation under section 19 of the Immigration Act of 1917, as amended, or for adjustment of status under section 4 of the Displaced |2 st^t^^on. Persons Act of 1948, as amended, which is pending on the date of 1953.
- enactment of this Act, shall be regarded as a proceeding within the
meaning of this subsection. (b) Except as otherwise specifically provided in title III, any petition for naturalization heretofore filed which may be pending at the time this Act shall take effect shall be heard and determined in accordance with the requirements of law in effect when such petition was filed. (c) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Act, the repeal of any statute by this Act shall not terminate nationality heretofore
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