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type: "LegalText"
title: "8 U.S.C. § 1456"
description: "Repealed. Pub. L. 86–682, § 12(c), Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 708, eff. Sept. 1, 1960"
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title_number: 8
title_name: "ALIENS AND NATIONALITY"
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section: "1456"
citation: "8 U.S.C. § 1456"
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# 8 U.S.C. § 1456 - Repealed. Pub. L. 86–682, § 12(c), Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 708, eff. Sept. 1, 1960

## Notes

Section, act June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title III, ch. 2, § 345, 66 Stat. 266, related to free transmittal of official mail in naturalization matters. See section 3202 of Title 39, Postal Service.