50 USC § 796 - Effect of subchapter on other criminal laws

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identifier: "/us/usc/t50/s796"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "50 USC § 796 - Effect of subchapter on other criminal laws"
title_number: 50
title_name: "WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE"
section_number: "796"
section_name: "Effect of subchapter on other criminal laws"
chapter_number: 23
chapter_name: "INTERNAL SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "CONTROL OF SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1024, title I, § 17, 64 Stat. 1003.)"
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# § 796. Effect of subchapter on other criminal laws

The foregoing provisions of this subchapter shall be construed as being in addition to and not in modification of existing criminal statutes.

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**Source Credit**: (Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1024, title I, § 17, 64 Stat. 1003.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this title”, meaning title I of , , known as the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950, which is classified principally to this subchapter. For complete classification of title I of such act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.