50 USC 4212 - Remedies with respect to criminal convictions

U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024

§ 4212.

Remedies with respect to criminal convictions

(a)

Review of convictions

The Attorney General is requested to review any case in which an individual living on August 10, 1988, was, while a United States citizen or permanent resident alien of Japanese ancestry, convicted of a violation of—

(1)

Executive Order Numbered 9066, dated February 19, 1942;

(2)

the Act entitled “An Act to provide a penalty for violation of restrictions or orders with respect to persons entering, remaining in, leaving, or committing any act in military areas or zones”, approved March 21, 1942 (56 Stat. 173); or

(3)

any other Executive order, Presidential proclamation, law of the United States, directive of the Armed Forces of the United States, or other action taken by or on behalf of the United States or its agents, representatives, officers, or employees, respecting the evacuation, relocation, or internment of individuals solely on the basis of Japanese ancestry;

on account of the refusal by such individual, during the evacuation, relocation, and internment period, to accept treatment which discriminated against the individual on the basis of the individual’s Japanese ancestry.

(b)

Recommendations for pardons

(c)

Action by the President

(Pub. L. 100–383, title I, § 102, Aug. 10, 1988, 102 Stat. 904.)

cite as: 50 USC 4212