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 62 STAT.] 8OTH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 625-JUNE 24, 1948 rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto relating to the issuance, transfer, or possession of such certificate, shall, upon convic- tion, be fined not to exceed $10,000 or be imprisoned for not more than five years, or both. Whenever on trial for a violation of this subsection the defendant is shown to have or to have had possession of any cer- tificate not duly issued to him, such possession shall be deemed sufficient evidence to establish an intent to use such certificate for purposes of false identification or representation, unless the defendant explains such possession to the satisfaction of the jury. NOoNAPPICABILITr OF CERTAIN LAWS SEC. 13. (a) Nothing in section 109 or 113 of the Criminal Code (U. S . C., title 18, sees. 198 and 203), in section 190 of the Revised Statutes (U. S . C ., title 5, sec. 99), in section 19 (e) of the Contract Settlement Act of 1944 (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 119 (e)), or in the second sentence of subsection (a) of section 9 of the Act of August 2, 1939 (53 Stat. 1148), entitled "An Act to prevent pernicious political activities", as amended, shall be deemed to apply to any person because of his appointment under authority of this title or the regulations made pursuant thereto, as an uncompensated official of the Selective Service System, or as an individual to conduct hearings on appeals of persons claiming exemption from combatant or noncombatant training because of conscientious objections. (b) All functions performed under this title shall be excluded from the operation of the Administrative Procedure Act (60 Stat. 237) except as to the requirements of section 3 of such Act. (c) In computing the lump-sum payments made to Air Force reserve officers under the provisions of section 2 of the Act of June 16, 1936, as amended (U. S . C ., title 10, sec. 300a), and to reserve officers of the Navy or to their beneficiaries under section 12 of the Act of August 4, 1942, as amended (U. S . C., title 34, sec. 850k), no credit shall be allowed for any period of active service performed from the effective date of this title to the date on which this title shall cease to be effective. Each such lump-sum payment shall be prorated for a fractional part of a year of active service in the case of any reserve officer subject to the provisions of either such section, if such reserve officer performs continuous active service for one or more years (inclusive of such service performed during the period in which this title is effective) and such active service includes a fractional part of a year immediately prior to the effective date of this title, or immediately following the date on which this title shall cease to be effective, or both. CIVIL RELIEF SEC. 14. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 604 of the Act of October 17, 1940 (54 Stat. 1191), and the provisions of section 4 of the Act of July 25, 1947 (Public Law 239, Eightieth Congress), all of the provisions of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, as amended, including specifically article IV thereof, shall be applicable to all persons in the armed forces of the United States, including all persons inducted into the armed forces pursuant to this title, the Coast Guard, or the Public Health Service, until such time as the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, as amended, is repealed or otherwise terminated by subsequent Act of the Congress: Provided,That, with respect to persons inducted into the armed forces while this title is in effect, wherever under any section or provision of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, as amended, a pro- ceeding, remedy, privilege, stay, limitation, accounting, or other trans- action has been authorized or provided with respect to military service performed while such Act is in force, such section or provision shall Post, p. 863. 58 Stat. 668 . Post, p. 868. 18U.S .C. 61h (a). 5 U.S. C.. 1001- 1011; Supp. I, § 1001. Ante, p. 99. 49 Stat. 1524 . 10 U. S. C., Supp. I, § 300a. 56 Stat. 738 . 34 U. S. C., Supp. I, § 850k. 50U.S.C.app. 1 584; Supp. I, § 584 note. 61 Stat. 454. 54 Stat. 1178. 50U.S.C.app. §i 501, 510-590; Supp. I. § 515 et eq. notes. 54 Stat. 1183 . 50U.S.C.app. 540-554 . Ante, p. 160.

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