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# 18 U.S.C. § 4281 - Repealed. Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 218(a)(7), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2027]

## Notes

Section, acts June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 856; Sept. 19, 1962, Pub. L. 87–672, 76 Stat. 557, related to discharge from prison of a convicted person.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of RepealRepeal effective Nov. 1, 1987, and applicable only to offenses committed after the taking effect of such repeal, see section 235(a)(1) of Pub. L. 98–473, set out as an Effective Date note under section 3551 of this title.