SCRA (Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C.) § 3902 — Purpose

Name: SCRA (Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C.) § 3902 — Purpose — machine-readable register
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scra-50usc-3902

SCRA (Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C.), §3902 Purpose. Captured section-complete from uscode.house.gov (verbatim).

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50 U.S.C. §3902

The purposes of this chapter are— (1) to provide for, strengthen, and expedite the national defense through protection extended by this chapter to servicemembers of the United States to enable such persons to devote their entire energy to the defense needs of the Nation; and (2) to provide for the temporary suspension of judicial and administrative proceedings and transactions that may adversely affect the civil rights of servicemembers during their military service.

Source: SCRA (Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C.) § 3902 · source URL · snapshot 5dae3b917268f65b

50 U.S.C. §3902 note — source credit and editorial notes (not statute text)

(Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, § 2, as added Pub. L. 108–189, § 1, Dec. 19, 2003, 117 Stat. 2836.)

Source: 50 U.S.C. §3902 note — source credit and editorial notes (not statute text) · source URL · snapshot 5dae3b917268f65b

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