28 CFR § 12.3 - Prior registration with the Foreign Agents Registration Unit.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s12.3"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "28 CFR § 12.3 - Prior registration with the Foreign Agents Registration Unit."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "12.3"
section_name: "Prior registration with the Foreign Agents Registration Unit."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
part_number: "12"
part_name: "REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN PERSONS HAVING KNOWLEDGE OF FOREIGN ESPIONAGE, COUNTERESPIONAGE, OR SABOTAGE MATTERS UNDER THE ACT OF AUGUST 1, 1956"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 5, 70 Stat. 900; 50 U.S.C. 854."
regulatory_source: "21 FR 5928, Aug. 8, 1956, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "12"
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# 12.3 Prior registration with the Foreign Agents Registration Unit.
No person who has filed a registration statement under the terms of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended by section 20(a) of the Internal Security Act of 1950, shall be required to file a registration statement under the act, unless otherwise determined by the Chief, Registration Unit.
[21 FR 5928, Aug. 8, 1956, as amended by Order No. 524-73, 38 FR 18235, July 9, 1973; Order No. 960-81, 46 FR 52355, Oct. 27, 1981]