PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 876-OCT. 14 , 1940 Appeal. Rules, etc. Repeal. 8U. S.C., Supp. V, 6§ 106a, 357, 379-382, 388, 399b. stating that his nationality status is pending before the court, and may be admitted to the United States with such certificate upon the condition that he shall be subject to deportation in case it shall be decided by the court that he is not a national of the United States. Such certificate of identity shall not be denied solely on the ground that such person has lost a status previously had or acquired as a national of the United States; and from any denial of an appli- cation for such certificate the applicant shall be entitled to an appeal to the Secretary of State, who, if he approves the denial, shall state in writing the reasons for his decision. The Secretary of State, with approval of the Attorney General, shall prescribe rules and regulations for the issuance of certificates of identity as above provided. SEC. 504. The following Acts or parts of Acts are hereby repealed; Section 1992, Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 8, sec. 1); Section 1993, Revised Statutes, as amended by section 1, Act of May 24, 1934 (48 Stat. 797; U. S. C., title 8, sec. 6); Section 2166, Revised Statutes, as limited by section 2, Act of May 9, 1918 (40 Stat. 546-547; U. S . C., title 8, sec. 395); Section 2172, Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 8, sec. 7); Section 100, Act of April 30, 1900 (31 Stat. 161; U. S . C., title 8, sec. 385 (first paragraph) ); Act of June 29, 1906, chapter 3592 (34 Stat. 596) (except sub- divisions 6 and 8 of section 4 and sections 10, 16, 17, 19, and 26, thereof), as added to, supplemented, or amended by section 1, Act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 829); section 1, and second paragraph of section 3, Act of May 9, 1918 (40 Stat. 542-546 547, 548); Act of June 8, 1926 (44 Stat. 709); section 4, Act of February 25, 1927 (44 Stat. 1235); Act of March 2, 1929 (45 Stat. 1512) (except sections 6 (e), and section 7 (b), thereof); section 1, Act of March 4, 1929 (45 Stat. 1545); Act of June 21, 1930 (46 Stat. 791); sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 (a), Act of March 3, 1931 (46 Stat. 1511); Act of May 25, 1932 (47 Stat. 165) (except sections 1, 5, and 7, thereof); and Act of April 19, 1934 (48 Stat. 597); United States Code, title 8, sections 18, 106, 106a, 106b, 106c, 351, 352, 353, 354, 356, 357, 358, 358a, 360, 364, 365, 372, 373, 377, 377c, 378, 379, 380, 380b, 381, 382, 384, 386, 387, 388, 389, 391, 392, 393, 394, 396, 397, 398, 399, 399a, 399b (a), 399b (b), 399b (c), 399b (d), 399c (a), 399c (b), 399c (c), 399d, 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, and 415; Sections 2, 5, 6, and 7, Act of March 2, 1907 (34 Stat. 1228, 1229), as amended by section 2, Act of May 24, 1934 (48 Stat. 797; U. S. C., title 8, secs. 8, 16, and 17); Sections 74 to 81, inclusive, Act of March 4, 1909 (35 Stat. 1102- 1103; U. S . C., title 18, secs. 135 and 137 to 143, inclusive); That portion of section 1, Act of August 22, 1912 (37 Stat. 356; U. S . C., title 8, sec. 11), reading as follows: "SEC. 1998. That every person who hereafter deserts the military or naval service of the United States, or who, being duly enrolled, departs the jurisdiction of the district in which he is enrolled, or goes beyond the limits of the United States, with intent to avoid any draft into the military or naval service, lawfully ordered, shall be liable to all the penalties and forfeitures of section nineteen hundred and ninety-six of the Revised Statutes of the United States: Provided, That the provisions of this section and said section nineteen hundred and ninety-six shall not apply to any person hereafter deserting the military or naval services of the United States in time of peace:
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