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 1084 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CII. 837. AUGUST 31, 1935. the power and it shall be his duty to require the owner, master, or person in command thereof, before departing from a port of the Bond. United States, or any of its possessions, for a foreign port, to give a bond to the United States, with suf ficient sureties, in such amount as he shall deem proper, conditioned that the vessel will not deliver the men, or the cargo, or any part thereof, to any warship, tender, Prohibition of depar- or supply ship of a belligerent nation ; and, if the President, or ture. a ny per son t hereun to au thoriz ed by him, shall find that a vess el, domestic or foreign, in a port of the United States, or one of its possessions, has previously cleared from such port during such war and delivered its cargo or any part thereof to a warship, tender, or supply ship of a belligerent nation, he may prohibit the departure of such vessel during the duration of the war. of su bma ri nes on entry SEC. 5. Whenever, during during any war in whic h the Unite d States bmarines of bellig- erent nations. i s neutral, the President shall find that special restrictions placed on the use of the ports and territorial waters of the United States, or of its possession s, by the submarines of a fore ign nation will serv e to maintain peace between the United States and foreign nations, or to protect the commercial interests of the United States and its Proclamation, citizens, or to promote the security of the United States, and shall make proclamation thereof, it shall thereafter be unlawful for any such subma rine to en ter a port or the te rritorial waters of the United States or any of its possessio ns, or to depart the refrom, ex cept under such conditions and subject to such limitations as the President Revocation of procla- may prescribe. When, in his judgment, the conditions which have oration. caused him to issue his proclamation have ceased to exist, he shall revoke his proclamation and the provisions of this section shall thereupon cease to apply. 'lore Restriction on tra - SEC. 6. Whenever, during any war in which the United States of . Tinted states aboard 1S neutral, the President shall find t hat the maintenance of peace ve sse ls of belligerent nation s. between the United States and foreign nations, or the protection of Post, pp. 3476, 3528. the lives of citizens of the United States, or the protection of the commercial interests of the United States and its citizens, or the secu rity of the Unit ed Sta tes r equire s tha t the Ameri can ci tizen s should refrain from traveling as passengers on the vessels of any Proclamation, bellige rent natio n, he shal l so procl aim, and t hereafter no citizen of the Uni ted States shall tra vel on any vessel of any belli gerent nati on except at his own risk, unless in accordance with such rules and Provisos . regu latio ns as the P reside nt sh all pr escri be : Provided, ho'w'ever, Persons in transit. , That the provisions of this section shall not apply to a citizen travel- ing on the vessel of a belligerent whose voyage was begun in advance of the date of the President's proclamation, and who had no oppor- tunity to discontinue his voyage after that date : And pro vide d United Citi zen sre tur ning to fur ther, That they shall not apply under ninety days after the date of the President's proclamation to a citizen returning from a foreign country to the United States or to any of its possessions. Revocation of procla- When, in the President's judgment, the conditions which have caused mation. him to issue his proclamation have ceased to exist, he shall revoke his proclamation and the provisions of this section shall thereupon cease to apply. Penalty provision . SEC. 7. In every case of the violation of any of the provisions of this Act where a specifi c penalty i s not here in provide d, such vi olator or violators, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. separability clause. SEC. 8. If any of the provisions of this Act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the Act, and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby.