Public Law 503

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Public Law 503 was a 1942 U.S. federal statute that enabled the enforcement of wartime military exclusion orders, providing the legal framework used to incarcerate Japanese Americans during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
wartime emergency law ⓘ
appliesTo persons in military areas designated by the War Department ⓘ
associatedWith U.S. Army Western Defense Command ⓘ
War Relocation Authority ⓘ
branchOfGovernment legislative ⓘ
classifiedAs emergency wartime legislation ⓘ
controversial true ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateSigned March 21, 1942 ⓘ
enablesEnforcementOf military exclusion orders ⓘ
wartime curfew orders ⓘ
enactedBy 77th United States Congress ⓘ
hasEffectOn civil liberties in the United States ⓘ
constitutional rights of Japanese Americans ⓘ
historicalAssessment widely criticized as facilitating mass incarceration based on race and national origin ⓘ
historicalEra Franklin D. Roosevelt presidency ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legalBasisFor arrest and prosecution of persons violating exclusion orders ⓘ
incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II ⓘ
legalField civil liberties law ⓘ
military law ⓘ
maximumPenalty $5,000 fine ⓘ
one year imprisonment ⓘ
penaltyType criminal penalties ⓘ
publicLawNumber Pub.L. 77–503 ⓘ
purpose to provide for the enforcement of military orders issued under Executive Order 9066 ⓘ
relatedTo Executive Order 9066 ⓘ
repealContext post–World War II rollback of emergency wartime measures ⓘ
repealed true ⓘ
shortDescription law providing criminal penalties for violating military exclusion and curfew orders in wartime ⓘ
signedBy Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
statutesAtLargeCitation 56 Stat. 173 ⓘ
subjectOf Hirabayashi v. United States ⓘ
Korematsu v. United States ⓘ
Yasui v. United States ⓘ
targetedPopulationInPractice Japanese Americans ⓘ
Japanese immigrants in the United States ⓘ
timePeriod American home front during World War II ⓘ
topic Japanese American internment ⓘ
wartime civil rights in the United States ⓘ
usedFor prosecution of curfew violators of Japanese ancestry ⓘ
prosecution of exclusion order violators of Japanese ancestry ⓘ
warContext World War II ⓘ
yearEnacted 1942 ⓘ

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