Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 50 : Section 23


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 23. Jurisdiction of United States courts and judges

      After any such proclamation has been made, the several courts of
    the United States, having criminal jurisdiction, and the several
    justices and judges of the courts of the United States, are
    authorized and it shall be their duty, upon complaint against any
    alien enemy resident and at large within such jurisdiction or
    district, to the danger of the public peace or safety, and contrary
    to the tenor or intent of such proclamation, or other regulations
    which the President may have established, to cause such alien to be
    duly apprehended and conveyed before such court, judge, or justice;
    and after a full examination and hearing on such complaint, and
    sufficient cause appearing, to order such alien to be removed out
    of the territory of the United States, or to give sureties for his
    good behavior, or to be otherwise restrained, conformably to the
    proclamation or regulations established as aforesaid, and to
    imprison, or otherwise secure such alien, until the order which may
    be so made shall be performed.



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