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122 Export to a neutral state for transship- ment, etc. Enumeration of pro- hihited exports . Categories included. 49 Stat . 3503 . Raw materials, etc ., excluded . Punishment for vi- olation . Se izu re and fo r- feiture . 40 Stat. 223-225 . 22 U. S. C. §§238-245. Disposition of for- feited ar ms, etc . Revocation of proc- lamation. Export of other ar- ticles and materials . Restriction on, after state of war pro- claimed . American vessel prohibited from carry- ing, to belligerent state or state where civil strife exists; excep- tions . Enumeration of ar- ticles and materials . Additional exporta- tion and transporta- tion restrictions ; ex- ceptions . 7 5TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESS ION -CH . 146--MAY 1, 1937 be unlawful to export, or attempt to export, or cause to be exported, arms, ammunition, or implements of war from any place in the United States to such foreign state, or to any neutral state for transshipment to, or for the use of, such foreign state . "( d) The President shall, from time to time by proclamation, definitely enumerate the arms, ammunition, and implements of war, the export of which is prohibited by this . section . The arms, ammuni- tion, and implements of war so enumerated shall include those enu- merated in the President's proclamation Numbered 2163, of April 10, 1936, but shall not include raw materials or any other articles or materials not of the same general character as those enumerated in the said proclamation, and in the Convention for the Supervision of the International Trade in Arms and Ammunition and in Implements of War, signed at Geneva June 17, 1925 . "(e) Whoever, in violation of any of the provisions of this Act, shall export, or attempt to export, or cause to be exported, arms, ammunition, or implements of war from the United States shall be fine d not more than $10,0 00, or impr isone d not more than f ive y ears, or both, and the property, vessel, or vehicle .containing the same shall be subject to the provisions of sections 1 to 8, inclusive, title 6, chapter 30, of the Act approved June 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 223-225 ; U. S. C., 19 34 ed ., title 22, sees. 238-245) . "(f) In the case of the forfeiture of any arms, ammunition, or implements of war by reason of a violation of this Act, no public or private sale shall be required ; but such arms, ammunition, or imple- ments of war shall be delivered to the Secretary of War for' such use or disposal thereof as shall be approved by the President of the United State s . " (g ) Whenever, in the judgment of the President, the conditions which have caused him to issue any proclamation under the authority of this section have ceased to exist, he shall revoke the same, and the provisions of this section shall thereupon cease to apply with respect to the state or states named in such proclamation, except with respect to offenses committed, or forfeitures incurred, prior to such revocation . "EXPORT OF OTHER ARTICLES AND MATERIALS "SEC . 2 . (a) Whenever the President shall have issued a procla- mation under the authority of section 1 of this Act and he shall there- after find that the placing of restrictions on the shipment of certain articles or materials in addition to arms, ammunition, and implements of war from the United States to belligerent states, or to a state wherein civil strife exists, is necessary to promote the security or preserve the peace of the United States or to protect the lives of citizens of the United States, he shall so p roclaim, an d it shall t here- after be unlawful, except under such limitations and exceptions as the President may prescribe as to lakes, rivers, and inland waters border- ing on the United States, and as to transportation on or over lands bordering on the United States, for any American vessel to carry such articles or materials to any belligerent state, or to any state wherein civil strife exists, named in such proclamation issued under the authority of section 1 of this Act, or to any neutral state for trans- shipment to, or for the use of, any such belligerent state or any such state wherein civil strife exists . The President shall by proclamation from time to time definitely enumerate the articles and materials which it shall be unlawful for American vessels to so transport . "(b) Whenever the President shall have issued a proclamation under the authority of section 1 of this Act and he shall thereafter find that the placing of restrictions on the export of articles or materials from the United States to belligerent states, or to a state