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title: "48 U.S.C. § 1240"
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title_number: 48
title_name: "TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS"
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chapter_name: "PHILIPPINE ISLANDS"
section: "1240"
citation: "48 U.S.C. § 1240"
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# 48 U.S.C. § 1240 - Transferred

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Section, acts Mar. 24, 1934, ch. 84, § 10, 48 Stat. 463; Aug. 7, 1939, ch. 502, § 3, 53 Stat. 1230, related to recognition of Philippine independence, withdrawal of American sovereignty, and property for diplomatic purposes, and was transferred to section 1394 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.