§ 1716.
A determination that an individual is dead or a determination that he has been detained by a hostile force or person may be made on the basis of evidence that he has disappeared under circumstances such as to make such death or detention appear probable.
([Dec. 2, 1942, ch. 668], title II, § 206, [56 Stat. 1034]; [Pub. L. 85–608, title I, § 104], Aug. 8, 1958, [72 Stat. 537].)