§ 8897.
A stay of proceedings under this chapter remains in effect for the period specified in the certificate upon which it was based unless the Secretary of the Navy issues a new certificate under section 8895 or 8896 of this title changing the termination date. However, a stay under this chapter may not remain in force longer than six months after the cessation of hostilities.
([Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041], [70A Stat. 485], § 7727; renumbered § 8897 and amended [Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII], §§ 807(d)(10), 809(a), Aug. 13, 2018, [132 Stat. 1837], 1840.)