Notes on 16 U.S.C. § 951 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 16 U.S.C. § 951 : US Code - Notes

(Sept. 7, 1950, ch. 907, Sec. 2, 64 Stat. 777; Pub. L. 87-814, Sec.
1, Oct. 15, 1962, 76 Stat. 923.)
REFERENCES IN TEXT
For definition of Canal Zone, referred to in subsec. (e), see
section 3602(b) of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.
AMENDMENTS
1962 - Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 87-814 substituted definition of
"United States" for definition of "enforcement agency".
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section 14 of act Sept. 7, 1950, provided: "This Act [this
chapter] shall take effect with respect to each of the conventions
upon the entry into force of that convention, unless such entry
into force shall be prior to the date of approval of this Act
[Sept. 7, 1950] in which case this Act [this chapter] shall take
effect immediately." The Costa Rican convention was ratified on
March 3, 1950, and the Mexican convention on July 11, 1950.
Therefore, the act took effect upon its approval on Sept. 7, 1950.
SHORT TITLE
Section 1 of act Sept. 7, 1950, provided: "That this Act
[enacting this chapter] may be cited as the 'Tuna Conventions Act
of 1950'."
SEPARABILITY
Section 13 of act Sept. 7, 1950, provided: "If any provision of
this Act [this chapter] or the application of such provision to any
circumstances or persons shall be held invalid, the validity of the
remainder of the Act and the applicability of such provision to
other circumstances or persons shall not be affected thereby."
TERMINATION OF TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see
note set out preceding section 1681 of Title 48, Territories and
Insular Possessions.
LANDING OF CATCH OF FISH BY FOREIGN VESSELS
Section 6 of Pub. L. 87-814 provided that: "Nothing in this Act
[amending this section and sections 955 to 957, 959 of this title]
shall be construed to amend or repeal the provisions of section
4311 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (46 U.S.C. 251)."