The claim of any naturalized American citizen under the provisions of this chapter shall not be denied on the ground of any presumption of expatriation which has arisen against him, under the second sentence of section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act in reference to the expatriation of citizens and their protection abroad," approved March 2, 1907, if he shall give satisfactory evidence to the President, or the court, as the case may be, of his uninterrupted loyalty to the United States during his absence, and that he has returned to the United States, or that he, although desiring to return, has been prevented from so returning by circumstances beyond his control.
(Oct. 6, 1917, ch. 106, §21, as added Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 285, §2,
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original "this Act", meaning act Oct. 6, 1917, ch. 106,
The second sentence of section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act in reference to the expatriation of citizens and their protection abroad," approved March 2, 1907, referred to in text, is the second sentence of section 2 of act Mar. 2, 1907, ch. 2534,
Section was formerly classified to section 21 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.