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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 352a. Cancellation of patents in fee simple for allotments held in trust
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion,
to cancel any patent in fee simple issued to an Indian allottee or
to his heirs before the end of the period of trust described in the
original or trust patent issued to such allottee, or before the
expiration of any extension of such period of trust by the
President, where such patent in fee simple was issued without the
consent or an application therefor by the allottee or by his heirs:
Provided, That the patentee has not mortgaged or sold any part of
the land described in such patent: Provided also, That upon
cancellation of such patent in fee simple the land shall have the
same status as though such fee patent had never been issued.
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