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 PUBLIC LAWS--H. 373-JULY 1 1944 Alien addicts sub- Ject to deportation. Commutation of sentence or parole. 32 Stat. 397. 46 Stat. 392. 36 Stat. 819. Certficate require- ment for release. Examination prior to expiration of sen- tence. Further treatment. Gratuities and transportation. Hospital treatment as a condition to pro- bation. Gratuities and transportation upon discharge. sary attendants as directed by the officer in charge of such hospital and the actual and necessary expenses incident to such transfers shall be paid from the appropriation for the maintenance of such Service hospital except to the extent that other Federal agencies are author- ized or required by law to pay expenses incident to such transfers. When sentence is pronounced against any person whom the prosecu- ting officer believes to be an addict, such officer shall report to the authority vested with the power to designate the place of confine- ment, the name of such person, the reasons for his belief, all pertinent facts bearing on such addiction, and the nature of the offense com- mitted. Whenever an alien addict transferred to a Service hospital pursuant to this subsection is entitled to his discharge but is subject to deportation, in lieu of being returned to the penal institution from which he came he shall be deported by the authority vested by law with power over deportation. (b) The provisions of the Act of June 21, 1902, as amended (U. S. C., 1940 edition, title 18, secs. 710-712a), regulating commu- tation of sentence for good conduct of United States prisoners, sec- tion 8 of the Act of May 27, 1930 (U. S . C., 1940 edition, title 18, sec. 744h), regulating commutation of sentence for employment in industry, and the Act of June 25, 1910, as amended (U. S. C., 1940 edition, title 18, secs. 714-723c), relating to parole, shall be applicable to any narcotic addict confined in any institution in execution of a judgment or sentence upon conviction of an offense against the United States; except that no narcotic addict confined in any institu- tion, whether or not an institution of the Public Health Service, shall be released by reason of commutation of sentence or parole until the Surgeon General shall have certified that such individual is no longer an addict. (c) Not later than one month prior to the expiration of the sen- tence of any addict confined in a Service hospital, he shall be exam- ined by the Surgeon General or his authorized representative. If the Surgeon General believes the person to be discharged is still an addict and that he may by further treatment in a Service hospital be cured of his addiction, the addict shall be informed, in accordance with regulations, of the advisability of his submitting himself to further treatment. The addict may then apply in writing to the Surgeon General for further treatment in a Service hospital for a period not exceeding the maximum length of time considered neces- sary by the Surgeon General. Upon approval of the application by the Surgeon General or his authorized agent, the addict may be given such further treatment as is necessary to cure him of his addiction. (d) Every person convicted of an offense against the United States, upon discharge, or upon release on parole, from a hospital of the Service, shall be furnished with the gratuities and transportation authorized by law to be furnished to prisoners upon release from a penal, correctional, disciplinary, or reformatory institution. (e) Any court of the United States having the power to suspend the imposition or execution of sentence and to place a defendant on probation under any existing laws may impose as one of the condi- tions of such probation that the defendant if an addict, shall submit himself for treatment at a hospital of the Service especially equipped for the accommodation of addicts until discharged therefrom as cured and that he shall be admitted thereto for such purpose. Upon the discharge of any such probationer from a hospital of the Service, he shall be furnished with the gratuities and transportation authorized by law to be furnished to prisoners upon release from a penal, cor- rectional, disciplinary, or reformatory institution. The actual and necessary expense incident to transporting such probationer to such [58 STAT.

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