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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 462. Compelling foreign vessels to depart
It shall be lawful for the President to employ such part of the
land or naval forces of the United States, or of the militia
thereof, as he may deem necessary to compel any foreign vessel to
depart from the United States or any of its possessions in all
cases in which, by the law of nations or the treaties of the United
States, it ought not to remain, and to detain or prevent any
foreign vessel from so departing in all cases in which, by the law
of nations or the treaties of the United States, it is not entitled
to depart.
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