THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT,

PUBLIC LAW 414

OLD LAW

(b) It shall be the duty of every parent or legal guardian of any alien now or hereaiter in the United States, who (1) is less than fourteen years of age, (2) has not been registered under section 221 (b) of this Act or section 30 or 31 of the Alien Registration Act, 1940, and (3) remains in the United States for thirty days or longer, to apply for the registration of such alien before the expiration of such thirty days. Whenever any alien attains his fourteenth birthday in the United States he shall, within thirty days thereafter, apply in person for registration and to be fingerprinted.

PROVISIONS GOVERNING REGISTRATION OF SPECIAL GROUPS

SEC. 263. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 261 and 262, the Attorney General is authorized to prescribe special regulations and forms for the registration and fingerprinting of (1) alien crewmen, (2) holders of border-crossing identification cards, (3) aliens confined in institutions within the United States, (4) aliens under order of deportation, and (5) aliens of any other class not lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence.

(b) The provisions of section 262 and of this section shall not be applicable to any alien who is in the United States as a nonimmigrant under section 101 (a) (15) (A) or 101 (a) (15) (G) until the alien ceases to be entitled to such a nonimmigrant status.

FORMS AND PROCEDURE

SEC. 264. (a) The Attorney General and the Secretary of State jointly are authorized and directed to prepare forms for the registration and fingerprinting of aliens under section 261 of this title, and the Attorney General is authorized and directed to prepare forms for the registration and fingerprinting of aliens under section 262 of

REGISTRATION BY PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF ALIENS UNDER 14 YEARS OF AGE

(b) It shall be the duty of every parent or legal guardian of any alien now or hereafter in the United States, who (1) is less than fourteen years of age, (2) has not been registered under section 30, and (3) remains in the United States for thirty days or longer, to apply for the registration of such alien before the expiration of such thirty days. Whenever any alien attains his fourteenth birthday in the United States he shall, within thirty days thereafter, apply in person for registration and to be fingerprinted. (Alien Registration Act, 1940, sec. 31 (b); 8 U. S. C. 452.)

FOUR MONTHS' REGISTRATION PERIOD FOR ALIENS IN THE UNITED STATES ON AUGUST 27, 1940; EXEMPTION OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND THEIR FAMILIES; AUTHORITY ΤΟ PRESCRIBE REGULATIONS

SEC. 32. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 30 and 31

(a) The application for the registration and fingerprinting, or for the registration, of any alien who is in the United States on the effective date of such sections may be made at any time within four months after such date.

(b) No foreign government official, or member of his family, shall be required to be registered or fingerprinted under this title.

(c) The Commissioner is authorized to prescribe, with the approval of the Attorney General, special regulations for the registration and fingerprinting of (1) alien seamen, (2) holders of border-crossing identification cards, (3) aliens confined in institutions within the United States, (4) aliens under order of deportation, and (5) aliens of any other class not lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence. Alien Registration Act, 1940, sec. 32; 8 U. S. C. 453.)

FORMS FOR REGISTRATION AND FINGERPRINTING OF ALIENS

SEC. 34. (a) The Commissioner is authorized and directed to prepare forms for the registration and fingerprinting of aliens under this title. Such forms shall contain inquiries with respect to (1) the date and place of entry of the alien into the United States; (2) activities in which he has been and intends to be engaged; (3) the length of time he

(c) Every person required to apply for the registration of himself or another under this title shall submit under oath the information required for such registration. Any person authorized under regulations issued by the Attorney General to register aliens under this title shall be authorized to administer oaths for such purpose.

(d) Every alien in the United States who has been registered and fingerprinted under the provisions of the Alien Registration Act, 1940, or under the provisions of this Act shall be issued a certificate of alien registration or an alien registration receipt card in such form and manner and at such time as shall be prescribed under regulations issued by the Attorney General.

(e) Every alien, eighteen years of age and over, shall at all times carry with him and have in his personal possession any certificate of alien registration or alien registration receipt card issued to him pursuant to subsection (d). Any alien who fails to comply with the provisions of this subsection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction for each offense be fined not to exceed $100 or be imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both.

REGISTRATION AND FINGERPRINTING REC

ORDS SECRET AND CONFIDENTIAL

(b) All registration and fingerprint records made under the provisions of this title shall be secret and confidential, and shall be made available only to such persons or agencies as may be designated by the Commissioner, with the approval of the Attorney General. (Alien Registration Act, 1940, sec. 34 (b); 8 U. S. C. 455.)

REGISTRATION INFORMATION TO BE

UNDER OATH

(c) Every person required to apply for the registration of himself or another under this title shall submit under oath the information required for such registration. Any person authorized to register aliens under this title shall be authorized to administer oaths for such purpose. (Alien Registration Act, 1940, sec. 34 (c); 8 U. S. C. 455.)

THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT,

PUBLIC LAW 414

NOTICES OF CHANGE OF ADDRESS

SEC. 265. Every alien required to be registered under this title, or who was required to be registered under the Alien Registration Act, 1940, as amended, who is within the United States on the first day of January following the effective date of this Act, or on the first day of January of each succeeding year shall, within thirty days following such dates, notify the Attorney General in writing of his current address and furnish such additional information as may by regulations be required by the Attorney General. Any such alien shall likewise notify the Attorney General in writing of each change of address and new address within ten days from the date of such change. Any such alien who is temporarily absent from the United States on the first day of January following the effective date of this Act, or on the first day of January of any succeeding year shall furnish his current address and other information as required by this section within ten days after his return. Any such alien in the United States in a lawful temporary residence status shall in like manner also notify the Attorney General in writing of his address at the expiration of each three-month period during which he remains in the United States, regardless of whether there has been any change of address. In the case of an alien for whom a parent or legal guardian is required to apply for registration, the notice required by this section shall be given by such parent or legal guardian.

PENALTIES

OLD LAW LAW

NOTICE OF CHANGE OF RESIDENCE AND ADDRESS OF RESIDENT ALIENS WITHIN 5 DAYS; INFORMATION OF ADDRESS OF ALIENS TEMPORARILY IN THE UNITED STATES AT EXPIRATION OF EACH THREE MONTHS

SEC. 35. Any alien required to be registered under this title who is an alien resident of the United States on January 1, 1951, and on January 1 of any succeeding year, shall, within ten days following such dates, notify the Commissioner in writing of his current address. In the case of an alien for whom a parent or legal guardian is required to apply for registration, the notice required by this section shall be given by such parent or legal guardian. (Alien Registration Act, 1940, sec. 35, as amended by sec. 24 of the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950.)

SEC. 266. (a) Any alien required to apply for registration and to be fingerprinted in the United States who will fully fails or refuses to make such application or to be fingerprinted, and any parent or legal guardian required to apply for the registration of any alien who willfully fails or refuses to file application for the registration of such alien shall be guilty of a misde

FOR FAILURE OR APPLY FOR REGISTRATION AND FINGERPRINTING

SEC. 36. (a) Any alien required to apply for registration and to be fingerprinted who willfully fails or refuses to make such application or to be fingerprinted, and any parent or legal guardian required to apply for the registration of any alien who willfully fails or refuses to file application for the registration of such alien shall, upon conviction thereof be fined not to exceed

THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT, PUBLIC LAW 414

meanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not to exceed $1,000 or be imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

(b) Any alien or any parent or legal guardian in the United States of any alien who fails to give written notice to the Attorney General, as required by section 265 of this title, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not to exceed $200 or be imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both. Irrespective of whether an alien is convicted and punished as herein provided, any alien who fails to give written notice to the Attorney General, as required by section 265, shall be taken into custody and deported in the manner provided by chapter 5 of this title, unless such alien establishes to the satisfaction of the Attorney General that such failure was reasonably excusable or was not willful.

(c) Any alien or any parent or legal guardian of any alien, who files an application for registration containing statements known by him to be false, or who procures or attempts to procure registration of himself or another person through fraud, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not to exceed $1,000, or be imprisoned not more than six months, or both; and any alien so convicted shall, upon the warrant of the Attorney General, be taken into custody and be deported in the manner provided in chapter 5 of this title.

(d) Any person who with unlawful intent photographs, prints, or in any other manner makes, or executes, any engraving, photograph, print, or impression in the likeness of any certificate of alien registration or an alien registration receipt card or any colorable imitation thereof, except when and as authorized under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Attorney General, shall upon conviction be fined not to

OLD LAW

$1,000 or be imprisoned not more than six months, or both. (Alien Registration Act, 1940, sec. 36 (a); 8 U. S. C. 457.)

PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO GIVE WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CHANGE OF ADDRESS

(b) Any alien, or any parent or legal guardian of any alien, who fails to give written notice to the Attorney General, as required by section 35 of this Act, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not to exceed $100 or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both. (As amended by sec. 24 of the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950.)

PENALTY FOR FRAUD IN REGISTRATION OR FORGERY OF RECEIPT CARD

(c) Any alien or any parent or legal guardian of any alien, who files an application for registration containing statements known by him to be false, or who procures or attempts to procure registration of himself or another person through fraud, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not to exceed $1,000, or be imprisoned not more than six months, or both; and any alien so convicted within five years after entry into the United States, shall, upon the warrant of the Attorney General, be taken into custody and be deported in the manner provided in section 19 and 20 of the Immigration Act of February 5, 1917, as amended. (Alien Registration Act, 1940, sec. 36 (c); 8 U. S. C. 457.)

(d) Any person who with unlawful intent photographs, prints, or in any other manner makes, or executes, any engraving, photograph, print, or impression in the likeness of an alien registration receipt card or any colorable imitation thereof, except when and as authorized under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the At torney General, shall upon conviction, be fined not to exceed $5,000 or be im