[29 FR 6718, May 22, 1964, as amended at 34 FR 5064, Mar. 11, 1969]

PART 5-THE BOARD ON WAIVERS AND FORFEITURES AND COMMITTEES ON WAIVERS IN FIELD OFFICES

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

$ 5.50 Instructions relating to forfeiture laws.

(a) Effects of the law. Public Law 86222 amends Title 38 of the United States Code by amending sections 3503 and 3504 pertaining to forfeitures and by adding a new section numbered 3505 relative to forfeiture for subversive activities. Purposes of the amendments are:

(1) To eliminate administrative forfeiture in any case of an individual who was residing in a State (as defined in 38 U.S.C. 101(20)) at the time the act or acts occurred on account of which benefits would be forfeited for fraud or treason except for this law, unless such individual ceases to be a resident of, or domiciled in, a State before the expiration of the period during which criminal prosecution could be instituted. Forfeitures which occurred before September 1, 1959, are not affected. Also excepted are past and future actions based on an act or