8 CFR § 1240.30 - Proceedings prior to April 1, 1997.

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title: "8 CFR § 1240.30 - Proceedings prior to April 1, 1997."
title_number: 8
title_name: "Aliens and Nationality"
section_number: "1240.30"
section_name: "Proceedings prior to April 1, 1997."
chapter_name: "EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
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subchapter_name: "IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS"
part_number: "1240"
part_name: "PROCEEDINGS TO DETERMINE REMOVABILITY OF ALIENS IN THE UNITED STATES"
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authority: "8 U.S.C. 1103, 1158, 1182, 1186a, 1186b, 1225, 1226, 1227, 1228, 1229a, 1229b, 1229c, 1252 note, 1361, 1362; secs. 202 and 203, Pub. L. 105-100 (111 Stat. 2160, 2193); sec. 902, Pub. L. 105-277 (112 Stat. 2681)."
regulatory_source: "62 FR 10367, Mar. 6, 1997, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated in part and duplicated in part from part 240 at 68 FR 9838, 9840, Feb. 28, 2003."
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# 1240.30 Proceedings prior to April 1, 1997.

Subpart D of 8 CFR part 240 applies to exclusion proceedings commenced prior to April 1, 1997, pursuant to the former section 236 of the Act. An exclusion proceeding is commenced by the filing of Form I-122 with the Immigration Court, and an alien is considered to be in exclusion proceedings only upon such filing. All references to the Act contained in this subpart are references to the Act in effect prior to April 1, 1997.