Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 62 Part 1.djvu/1044

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PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 647, 648 -JUNE 25, 1948 amended, 50 per centum of the German and Austrian quotas shall be available exclusively to persons of German ethnic origin who were born in Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania or Yugoslavia and who, on the effective date of this Act reside in Germany or Austria. Restriction on issu - SEC. 13. No visas shall be issued under the provisions of this Act to any person who is or has been a member of or participated in, any movement which is or has been hostile to the United States or the form of government of the United States. Penalty. SEC. 14. Any person or persons who knowingly violate or conspire Ante, p. 1013. to violate any provision of this Act, except section 9, shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than $500 nor more than $10,000, or shall be imprisoned not less than two or more than ten years, or both. Approved June 25, 1948. [CHAPTER 648] June 25,1948AN ACT [8.24011 To provide for the administration of military justice within the United States IPublic Law 775] Air Force, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the U. S. Air Force. United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby Administration of miitary justice. established in the United States Air Force the office of the Judge Advocate General, United States Air Force. The office of the Judge Advocate General, United States Air Force, shall be occupied by the Judge Advocate General, United States Air Force, with the rank of major general, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, from among qualified officers of the United States Air Force, for a term of four years. The Judge Advocate General, United States Air Force, shall be charged with supervising the administration of military justice in the United States Air Force and the performance of such other legal duties as may be directed by the Chief of Staff, United States Air Force. Applicability of SEC. 2. The Articles of War and all other laws now in effect relating to the Judge Advocate General's Department, the Judge Advocate General of the Army, and the administration of military justice within the United States Army shall be applicable to the Department of the Air Force with respect to the personnel thereof, and all references in such laws to the Department of the Army (War), the Army of the United States and its components, the Secretary of the Army (War), the Judge Advocate General, Assistants Judge Advocate General, and officers of or assigned to the Judge Advocate General's Department shall be construed for the purposes of this Act, as referring to, and vesting like authority, duties, functions, and responsibilities in, the Department of the Air Force, the Air Force of the United States and its components, the Secretary of the Air Force, the Judge Advocate General, United States Air Force, and officers of the United States Air Force designated by the Chief of Staff, United States Air Force, as judge advocates, respectively: Provided,That until the expiration of the transfer period prescribed by section 208 (e) of the National 615 taUt.C . pp . I Security Act of 1947 (Public Law 253, Eightieth Congress), the juris- 626c (e). diction conferred hereby may be exercised with respect to personnel of any component of the Department of the Army who may be under the command and authority of the Chief of Staff, United States Air Force. RAdRoetiremt netodg SEC. 3. Any officer of the United States Air Force who shall have served not less than four years as the Judge Advocate General, United 1014 [62 STAT.