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PUBLIC LAW 728-JULY 18, 1956

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"(b) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section shall be punished for each such violation by a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not less than one nor more than three years, or both." SEC. 202. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT. The analysis of part 1 of title 18 of the United States Code, immediately preceding chapter 1 of such title, is amended by adding "68. Narcotics" after "67. Military and Navy". TITLE III—AMENDMENTS TO IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT, ETC. SEC. 301. AMENDMENTS TO IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT. (a) Section 212(a) (23) of the Immigration and Nationality Act is amended to read as follows: "(23) Any alien who has been convicted of a violation of, or a conspiracy to violate, any law or regulation relating to the illicit possession of or traffic in narcotic drugs, or who has been convicted of a violation of, or a conspiracy to violate, any law or regulation governing or controlling the taxing, manufacture, production, compounding, transportation, sale, exchange, dispensing, giving away, importation, exportation, or the possession for the purpose of the manufacture, production, compounding, transportation, sale, exchange, dispensing, giving away, importation, or exportation of opium, coca leaves, heroin, marihuana, or any salt derivative or preparation of opium or coca leaves, or isonipecaine or any addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining opiate; or any alien who the consular officer or immigration officers know or have reason to believe is or has been an illicit trafficker in any of the aforementioned drugs;". (b) Section 241(a) (11) of such Act is amended to read as follows: " (11) is, or hereafter at any time after entry has been, a narcotic drug addict, or who at any time has been convicted of a violation of, or a conspiracy to violate, any law or regulation relating to the illicit possession of or traffic in narcotic drugs, or who has been convicted of a violation of, or a conspiracy to violate, any law or regulation governing or controlling the taxing, manufacture, production, compounding, transportation, sale, exchange, dispensing, giving away, importation, exportation, or the possession for the purpose of the manufacture, production, compounding, transportation, sale, exchange, dispensing, giving away, importation, or exportation of opium, coca leaves, heroin, marihuana, any salt derivative or preparation of opium or coca leaves or isonipecaine or any addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining opiate;". (c) Section 241(b) of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following additional new sentence: "The provisions of this subsection shall not apply in the case of any alien who is charged with being deportable from the United States under subsection (a) (11) of this section." SEC. 302. AMENDMENT TO ACT OF JUNE 14, 1930. Section 8 of the Act entitled "An Act to create in the Treasury Department the Bureau of Narcotics, and for other purposes", approved June 14, 1930 (46 Stat. 587), as amended, is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 8. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall cooperate with the several States in the suppression of the abuse of narcotic drugs in their respective jurisdictions, and to that end he is authorized (1) to cooperate in the drafting of such legislation as may be needed, if any, to effect

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