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§ 142.
Definitions
When used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates—
(a)
The term “person” includes individual, partnership, corporation, and association;
(b)
The term “China” means (1) China including Manchuria, Tibet, Mongolia, and any territory leased by China to any foreign government, (2) the Crown Colony of Hong Kong, and (3) the Province of Macao;
(c)
The terms “China Trade Act corporation” and “corporation” mean a corporation chartered under the provisions of this chapter;
(d)
The term “Federal district court” means any Federal district court, and the United States District Court for the District of Columbia;
(e)
The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Commerce; and
Words “the United States Court for China” deleted from definition of “Federal district court” under the authority of Treaty between the United States and the Republic of China, 57 Stat. 767, which was signed in Washington,
Jan. 11, 1943
, ratified by the United States Senate on
Feb. 11, 1943
, ratified by the President on
May 4, 1943
, and ratified by the Republic of China on
Feb. 4, 1943
, by which the United States relinquished all extraterritorial jurisdiction and rights in China.
Congress by private act Dec. 22, 1944, ch. 691, 58 Stat. 1086, provided for the relief of certain former employees of the United States Court for China for the period of
July 1, 1942
to
May 20, 1943
, on which date the Court ceased to exist.
Change of Name
Act
June 25, 1948
, eff.
Sept. 1, 1948
, as amended by act
May 24, 1949
, substituted “United States District Court for the District of Columbia” for “district court of the United States for the District of Columbia”.
Act
June 25, 1936
, substituted “district court of the United States for the District of Columbia” for “Supreme Court of the District of Columbia”.