---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 56"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "56"
heading: "Repealed. Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title XI, § 1131(7), (51), 60 Stat. 1036"
status: "repealed"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/56"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — Diplomatic and Consular Service Generally"
---

# [§56. Repealed. Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title XI, § 1131(7), (51), 60 Stat. 1036 — repealed]



## Notes

Section 55, R.S. § 1695, related to limits of consulates.

Section 56, acts Feb. 27, 1925, ch. 364, 43 Stat. 1017; Apr. 29, 1926, ch. 195, title I, 44 Stat. 333; Feb. 24, 1927, ch. 189, title I, 44 Stat. 1182, related to appointment of consular clerks.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of Repeal

Repeal effective three months after Aug. 13, 1946, see act Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title XI, § 1141, 60 Stat. 1040.