{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/s1716","title_num":"42","num":"§ 1716.","heading":"Presumption of death or detention","status":null,"guid":"id7018cfc3-4aa7-11eb-94f5-9ff2c44f6f3c","source_credit":"(Dec. 2, 1942, ch. 668, title II, § 206, 56 Stat. 1034; Pub. L. 85–608, title I, § 104, Aug. 8, 1958, 72 Stat. 537.)","seq_in_title":2360,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch12/schII","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42","level":"title","num":"Title 42—","heading":"THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch12","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 12—","heading":"COMPENSATION FOR INJURY, DEATH, OR DETENTION OF EMPLOYEES OF CONTRACTORS WITH UNITED STATES OUTSIDE UNITED STATES","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch12/schII","level":"subchapter","num":"SUBCHAPTER II—","heading":"MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id8c6540db-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s1716\"><num value=\"1716\">§ 1716.</num><heading> Presumption of death or detention</heading><content>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">A determination that an individual is dead or a determination that he has been detained by a hostile force or person may be made on the basis of evidence that he has disappeared under circumstances such as to make such death or detention appear probable.</p>\n</content><sourceCredit id=\"id8c6540dc-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\">(<ref href=\"/us/act/1942-12-02/ch668\">Dec. 2, 1942, ch. 668</ref>, title II, § 206, <ref href=\"/us/stat/56/1034\">56 Stat. 1034</ref>; <ref href=\"/us/pl/85/608/tI/s104\">Pub. L. 85–608, title I, § 104</ref>, <date date=\"1958-08-08\">Aug. 8, 1958</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/72/537\">72 Stat. 537</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id8c6540dd-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"amendments\" id=\"id8c6540de-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Amendments</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">1958—<ref href=\"/us/pl/85/608\">Pub. L. 85–608</ref> substituted “a hostile force or person” for “the enemy”.</p>\n</note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"effectiveDateOfAmendment\" id=\"id8c6540df-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Effective Date of 1958 Amendment</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Amendment by <ref href=\"/us/pl/85/608\">Pub. L. 85–608</ref> effective <date date=\"1958-06-30\">June 30, 1958</date>, see <ref href=\"/us/pl/85/608/s402\">section 402 of Pub. L. 85–608</ref>, set out as a note under <ref href=\"/us/usc/t42/s1651\">section 1651 of this title</ref>.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-19","currency_date":"2019-05-31","congress":116,"law_num":19,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":174,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["25","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}