22 USC § 465 - Detention of vessels

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title: "22 USC § 465 - Detention of vessels"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "465"
section_name: "Detention of vessels"
chapter_number: 9
chapter_name: "FOREIGN WARS, WAR MATERIALS, AND NEUTRALITY"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "PREVENTION OF OFFENSES AGAINST NEUTRALITY"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title V, § 9, 40 Stat. 223.)"
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# § 465. Detention of vessels

The President may employ such part of the land or naval forces of the United States as he may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 462 and 465 of this title, and sections 756, 960, 963 to 967, and 3058 of title 18.

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**Source Credit**: (June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title V, § 9, 40 Stat. 223.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

This section was not enacted as part of , , which comprises this subchapter.

Sections 462 and 465 of this title, and sections 756, 960, 963 to 967, and 3058 of title 18, referred to in text, was in the original “this title”, meaning title V of act , which had been classified to sections 462 and 465 of this title and sections 25, and 31 to 38 of former Title 18, Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure.

“Sections 756, 960, 963 to 967, and 3058 of title 18” substituted in text for “sections 25, and 31 to 38 of title 18” on authority of , , section 1 of which enacted Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedures.

Section was formerly classified to  prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 18, by , .

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