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SEC. 3. (a) Section 14 of Title 18, United States Code, as amended, is amended to read as follows:

❝g 14. Applicability to Canal Zone; definition

"(a) In addition to the sections of this title which by their terms apply to and within the Canal Zone, the following sections of this title apply to and within the Canal Zone: 6, 8, 11, 45, 201, 202, 287, 331, 371, 471, 472, 473, 474, 475, 476, 477, 478, 479, 480, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 488, 489, 490, 491, 492, 493, 494, 495, 496, 497, 498, 499, 505, 506, 507, 508, 509, 594, 595, 598, 600, 601, 604, 605, 608, 611, 612, 703, 752, 755, 756, 792, 793, 794, 795, 796, 797, 798, as added by section 24(a) of the Act of October 31, 1951 (chapter 655, 65 Stat. 719), 798 as added by section 4 of the Act of June 30, 1953 (chapter 175, 67 Stat. 133), 799, 915, 917, 951, 953, 954, 956, 957, 958, 959, 960, 961, 962, 963, 964, 965, 966, 967, 1001, 1017, 1024, 1073, 1301, 1364, 1381, 1382, 1542, 1543, 1544, 1546, 1584, 1621, 1622, 1761, 1821, 1914, 1991, 2151, 2152, 2153, 2154, 2155, 2156, 2157, 2199, 2231, 2234, 2235, 2274, 2275, 2277, 2381, 2382, 2383, 2384, 2385, 2387, 2388, 2389, 2390, 2421, 2422, 2423, 2424, 3042, 3059, 3105, 3109, 3187, 3195, 3500.

"(b) The term 'Canal Zone', as used in the sections of this title which by their terms apply to and within the Canal Zone, and as used in subsection (a) of this section, includes the area designated as the Canal Zone by sections 1 and 2 of Title 2, Canal Zone Code; and it also includes the corridor over which the United States of America exercises jurisdiction pursuant to the provisions of Article IX of the General Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation between the United States of America and the Republic of Panama, signed March 2, 1936, to the extent that the application, to the corridor, of the sections mentioned in this subsection, and of those specified in subsection (a) of this section, is consistent with the nature of the rights of the United States in the corridor as provided by treaty.

"(c) The definitions of the terms prescribed by sections 5 and 10, or other sections of this title, are modified to effectuate the applicability of the sections enumerated by subsection (a) of this section to and within the Canal Zone."

(b) The analysis of chapter 1 of Title 18, United States Code, as amended, preceding section 1 of that title, is amended by striking out the item "14. Applicability to Canal Zone.", and in lieu thereof inserting "14. Applicability to Canal Zone; definition.".

SEC. 4. (a) Chapter 311 of Title 18, United States Code, as amended, is amended by inserting at the end thereof the following section:

❝g 4210. Warrants to retake Canal Zone parole violators

"An officer of a Federal penal or correctional institution, or a Federal officer authorized to serve criminal process within the United States, to whom a warrant issued by the Governor of the Canal Zone for the retaking of a parole violator is delivered, shall execute the warrant by taking the prisoner and holding him for delivery to a representative of the Governor of the Canal Zone for return to the Canal Zone.".

(b) The analysis of chapter 311 of Title 18, United States Code, preceding section 4201 of that title, is amended by adding the following item:

"4210. Warrants to retake Canal Zone parole violators.".

SEC. 5. Title IV of the chapter designated by paragraph (2) of section 501 of the Act of June 30, 1958 (Public Law 85-477, chapter II, 72 Stat. 270) as chapter II of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended, is further amended by adding to section 414 thereof (68 Stat. 848; 22 U.S.C., sec. 1934), as amended by paragraph (k) of

section 205 of the said Act of June 30, 1958 (72 Stat. 267), the following subsection:

(d) This section applies to and within the Canal Zone.".

SEC. 6. That part of section 1 of the Act of June 12, 1917 (chapter 27, 40 Stat. 105), constituting the third full paragraph on page 179 of Volume 40, Statutes at Large (24 U.S.C., sec. 196), as amended, is amended to read as follows:

"Upon the application of the Governor of the Canal Zone, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may transfer to Saint Elizabeths Hospital, in the District of Columbia, for treatment, any American citizen subject to a hospitalization order issued under section 1637 of Title 5 of the Canal Zone Code, whose legal residence in one of the States, territories, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or the District of Columbia for the purpose of eligibility for public medical care it has been impossible to establish. Upon the ascertainment of the legal residence of persons so transferred to Saint Elizabeths Hospital, the superintendent of that hospital shall thereupon transfer them to their respective places of residence, and the expenses attendant thereon shall be paid from the appropriation for the support of Saint Elizabeths Hospital.".

SEC. 7. The first sentence of section 414 of Title 28, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "All government publications and law books furnished to justices, judges, clerks of courts, and United States attorneys of the United States and its territories and possessions, and other officers of the United States or an agency thereof shall be transmitted to their successors in office.".

SEC. 8. Subsection (b) of section 547 of Title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting "including those of the courts or Government of the Canal Zone," after "United States," so that the subsection will read as follows:

"(b) He shall execute all lawful writs, process and orders issued under authority of the United States, including those of the courts and Government of the Canal Zone, and command all necessary assistance to execute his duties.".

SEC. 9. Section 1404 of Title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding subsection (d) thereto, to read as follows:

"(d) As used in this section, 'district court' includes the United States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone; and 'district' includes the territorial jurisdiction of that court.".

SEC. 10. Section 1406 of Title 28, United States Code, as amended, is amended by adding subsection (d) thereto, to read as follows:

"(d) As used in this section, 'district court' includes the United States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone; and 'district' includes the territorial jurisdiction of that court.".

SEC. 11. Section 2 of the Act of November 15, 1941 (chapter 471, 55 Stat. 763; 50 U.S.C., sec. 191a), is amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 2. When the Coast Guard operates as a part of the Navy pursuant to section 3 of Title 14, United States Code, the powers conferred on the Secretary of the Treasury by section 1, title II, of the Act of June 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 220; U.S.C., title 50, sec. 191), shall vest in and be exercised by the Secretary of the Navy.".

SEC. 12. Section 4 of the Act of November 15, 1941 (chapter 471, 55 Stat. 763; 50 U.S.C., sec. 191b), as amended by subsection (b) of section 2 of the Act of September 26, 1950 (chapter 1049, 64 Stat. 1038), is amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 4. This Act and section 91 of Title 14, United States Code, do not affect the authority conferred upon the Governor of the Canal Zone by the second paragraph of section 1, title II, Act of June 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 220; U.S.C., title 50, sec. 191), notwithstanding the

provisions of section 2 of this Act; nor do they affect the powers and authority conferred by section 34 of Title 2, Canal Zone Code.".

SEO. 13. The Act of August 1, 1956 (chapter 849, 70 Stat. 899; 50 U.S.C., secs. 851-857) is amended by adding thereto the following

section:

"SEC. 10. This Act applies to and within the Canal Zone.”.

SEC. 14. Section 1 of the Joint Resolution of May 3, 1943 (chapter 92, 57 Stat. 74), is amended by striking out the two provisos therein, including the colons preceding and following the first of the two provisos.

SEC. 15. If the United States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone finds that, on a date ninety days prior to the effective date of the Canal Zone Code, enacted by section 1 of this Act, a person had completed or was actively engaged in the study of law that would qualify him to take the bar examination under clause (2) or clause (3) of Rule 5 of Part VI of the Rules of the Court in effect on that date, the court may permit him to take the bar examination and to be admitted to the bar, if he otherwise qualifies, as if section 541 of Title 3 of the Canal Zone Code had not been enacted by this Act.

SEC. 16. The provisions carried into sections 251 and 252 of Title 4 of the Canal Zone Code, enacted by section 1 of this Act, do not, as revised, invalidate any part of a will or other instrument executed prior to the effective date of this Act, and any such part which would have been valid prior to that date shall be valid irrespective of the revised provisions. The republication of a will executed prior to the effective date of this Act by a codicil executed after that date shall not constitute execution of the will after that date within the meaning of this section.

SEC. 17. Sections 548 and 549 of Title 5, Canal Zone Code, enacted by section 1 of this Act, relating to the exemption of property from execution or attachment, do not apply to the enforcement of judgments which became final prior to the effective date of this Act.

SEC. 18. The provisions of the Canal Zone Code, enacted by section 1 of this Act, with respect to the organization of the Canal Zone Government, the Panama Canal Company, and the courts in the Canal Zone, shall be construed as continuations of existing law, and the tenure of the officers and employees thereof, including the judges, the United States attorney, the marshal, and their deputies and assistants, in office on the effective date of this Act, shall not be affected by its enactment, but each of them shall continue to serve in the same capacity under the appropriate provisions of the Canal Zone Code, enacted by section 1 of this Act, pursuant to his prior appointment, until his tenure expires and his successor is appointed and has qualified, or unless he is removed, discharged or transferred under authority of that Code. No loss of rights, interruption of jurisdiction or prejudice to matters pending in any of the courts in the Canal Zone on the effective date of this Act shall result from its enactment.

SEC. 19. Orders, rules, and regulations in effect under laws repealed by section 26 of this Act, shall, to the extent that they would have been authorized under the Canal Zone Code, enacted by section 1 of this Act, remain in force and effect as orders, rules, and regulations under that Code, and shall be administered and enforced under that Code as nearly as may be until repealed, amended or superseded thereunder.

SEC. 20. References that other laws, orders, rules, and regulations make to laws repealed by section 26 of this Act shall be considered to be made to the corresponding or most nearly corresponding provisions of the Canal Zone Code, enacted by section 1 of this Act.

SEC. 21. An inference of a legislative construction is not to be drawn by reason of the article, subchapter, chapter, part or title in the Canal Zone Code, enacted by section 1 of this Act, in which a section is placed or by reason of the caption or catchline thereto.

SEC. 22. If a provision of the Canal Zone Code, enacted by section 1 of this Act, is held invalid, the remainder is not affected thereby unless a remaining provision is so related to the invalid provision that logical effect cannot be given to the remaining provision without the invalid provision. If a provision of the Code is invalid in one or more of its applications, the provision remains in effect in all valid applications that are severable from the invalid applications.

SEC. 23. The repeal of laws provided for by section 26 of this Act does not affect rights accruing or that have accrued or were acquired or established, or civil or criminal liabilities, penalties or forfeitures that were incurred, or judicial or administrative proceedings that were begun, under any of the laws so repealed, before the effective date of this Act; but, subject to section 19 of this Act, the proceedings in such a case shall conform with the procedure established by or under the authority of the Canal Zone Code, enacted by section 1 of this Act, unless such conformity, in the opinion of the court or administrative authority, would not be feasible or would work injustice.

SEC. 24. The repeal, by section 26 of this Act, of sections 11, 12, 121, 122 and 123 of Title 2, and section 1763 of Title 4, of the Canal Zone Code of 1934, does not repeal or affect the corresponding Federal laws, classified to the United States Code (Title 15 8 31; Title 50 § 191; Title 5 88 790, 791, 793; 24 U.S.C. § 196), from which they were derived.

SEC. 25. This Act takes effect January 2, 1963. Laws enacted after January 9, 1962, that are inconsistent with this Act, supersede it to the extent of the inconsistency.

SEC. 26. (a) The Code of Laws for the Canal Zone, enacted by the Act of June 19, 1934 (chapter 667, 48 Stat. 1122), is hereby repealed. (b) The Acts or parts of Acts enumerated in the following schedule are hereby repealed.

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