---
kind: "unit"
title: "50"
title_heading: "War and National Defense"
key: "ch53"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 53"
heading: "Trading with the Enemy"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/50/ch53"
sections_count: 41
---

# Chapter 53 — Trading with the Enemy

Title 50 — War and National Defense

## Sections

- [§4301. Designation of chapter](/usc/50/4301.md)
- [§4302. Definitions](/usc/50/4302.md)
- [§4303. Acts prohibited](/usc/50/4303.md)
- [§4304. Licenses to enemy or ally of enemy insurance or reinsurance companies; change of name; doing business in United States](/usc/50/4304.md)
- [§4305. Suspension of provisions relating to ally of enemy; regulation of transactions in foreign exchange of gold or silver, property transfers, vested interests, enforcement and penalties](/usc/50/4305.md)
- [§4306. Alien Property Custodian; general powers and duties](/usc/50/4306.md)
- [§4307. Lists of enemy or ally of enemy officers, directors or stockholders of corporations in United States; acts constituting trade with enemy prior to](/usc/50/4307.md)
- [§4308. Contracts, mortgages, or pledges against or with enemy or ally of enemy; abrogation of contracts; suspension of limitations](/usc/50/4308.md)
- [§4309. Claims to property transferred to custodian; notice of claim; filing; return of property; suits to recover; sale of claimed property in time of war or during national emergency](/usc/50/4309.md)
- [§4310. Acts permitted; applications for patents, or registration of trade-marks or copyrights; payment of tax in relation thereto; licenses under enemy owned patent or copyright; statements by licensees; term and cancellation; suits against licensees; restraining infringements; powers of attorney; keeping secret inventions](/usc/50/4310.md)
- [§4311. Importations prohibited](/usc/50/4311.md)
- [§4312. Property transferred to Alien Property Custodian](/usc/50/4312.md)
- [§4313. Statements by masters of vessels and owners of cargoes before granting clearances](/usc/50/4313.md)
- [§4314. False manifest; refusal of clearance; reports of gold or silver coin in cargoes for export](/usc/50/4314.md)
- [§4315. Offenses; punishment; forfeitures of property](/usc/50/4315.md)
- [§4316. Rules by district courts; appeals](/usc/50/4316.md)
- [§4317. Fees of agents, attorneys, or representatives](/usc/50/4317.md)
- [§4318. Claims of naturalized citizens as affected by expatriation](/usc/50/4318.md)
- [§4319. Fugitives from justice barred from recovery](/usc/50/4319.md)
- [§4320. Payment of income, etc., by Alien Property Custodian](/usc/50/4320.md)
- [§4321. Payment of taxes and expenses by Alien Property Custodian](/usc/50/4321.md)
- [§4322. Investments by Custodian in participating certificates issued by Secretary of the Treasury; transfers to and payments from German, Austrian or Hungarian special deposit accounts; allocation of payments](/usc/50/4322.md)
- [§4323. Allocation of “unallocated interest fund”](/usc/50/4323.md)
- [§4324. Return by Custodian, to United States, of payments under licenses, assignments or sales of patents](/usc/50/4324.md)
- [§4325. “Unallocated interest fund” defined](/usc/50/4325.md)
- [§4326. Waiver by Custodian of demand for property; acceptance of less amount; approval of Attorney General](/usc/50/4326.md)
- [§4327. Attachment or garnishment of funds or property held by Custodian](/usc/50/4327.md)
- [§4328. “Member of the former ruling family” defined](/usc/50/4328.md)
- [§4329. Return of property](/usc/50/4329.md)
- [§4330. Notice of claim; institution of suits; computation of time](/usc/50/4330.md)
- [§4331. Payment of debts](/usc/50/4331.md)
- [§4332. Hearings on claims; rules and regulations; delegation of powers](/usc/50/4332.md)
- [§4333. Taxes](/usc/50/4333.md)
- [§4334. Insurance of property](/usc/50/4334.md)
- [§4335. Shipment of relief supplies; definitions](/usc/50/4335.md)
- [§4336. Retention of properties or interests of Germany and Japan and their nationals; proceeds covered into Treasury; ex gratia payment to Switzerland](/usc/50/4336.md)
- [§4337. Intercustodial conflicts involving enemy property; authority of President to conclude; delegation of authority](/usc/50/4337.md)
- [§4338. Divestment of estates, trusts, insurance policies, annuities, remainders, pensions, workmen’s compensation and veterans’ benefits; exceptions; notice of divestment](/usc/50/4338.md)
- [§4339. Claims for proceeds from sale of certain certificates: jurisdiction, limitations; divestment of copyrights: “copyrights” defined, rights of licensees and assignees, reproduction rights of United States, transfer of interests, payment of royalties to Attorney General, suits for infringement](/usc/50/4339.md)
- [§4340. Divestment of trademarks](/usc/50/4340.md)
- [§4341. Motion picture prints, transfer of title](/usc/50/4341.md)