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50 USC § 855 - Violations; penalties; deportation 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t50/s855"
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title: "50 USC § 855 - Violations; penalties; deportation"
title_number: 50
title_name: "WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE"
section_number: "855"
section_name: "Violations; penalties; deportation"
chapter_number: 23
chapter_name: "INTERNAL SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN PERSONS TRAINED IN FOREIGN ESPIONAGE SYSTEMS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 849, § 6, 70 Stat. 900; Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title III, § 308(g)(9)(B), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–624.)"
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# § 855. Violations; penalties; deportation

**1** Whoever willfully violates any provision of this subchapter or any regulation thereunder, or in any registration statement willfully make [^1] a false statement of a material fact or willfully omits any material fact, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both.

So in original. Probably should be “makes”.

**(b)** Any alien convicted of a violation of this subchapter or any regulation thereunder is subject to deportation in the manner provided by chapter 4 of title II of the Immigration and Nationality Act [8 U.S.C. 1221 et seq.].

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 849, § 6, 70 Stat. 900; Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title III, § 308(g)(9)(B), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–624.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Immigration and Nationality Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is , . Chapter 4 of title II of the Act is classified generally to part IV (§ 1221 et seq.) of subchapter II of chapter 12 of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

### Codification

Section was not enacted as part of the Internal Security Act of 1950 which comprises subchapters I to III of this chapter.

### Amendments

1996—Subsec. (b).  substituted “chapter 4 of title II of the Immigration and Nationality Act” for “chapter 5, title II, of the Immigration and Nationality Act ()”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

Amendment by  effective, with certain transitional provisions, on the first day of the first month beginning more than 180 days after , see , set out as a note under , Aliens and Nationality.