[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR51.72]

[Page 266]
 
                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 51--PASSPORTS--Table of Contents
 
       Subpart E--Limitation on Issuance or Extension of Passports
 
Sec. 51.72  Revocation or restriction of passports.

    A passport may be revoked or restricted or limited where:
    (a) The national would not be entitled to issuance of a new passport 
under Sec. 51.70 or Sec. 51.71; or
    (b) The passport has been obtained illegally, by fraud, or has been 
fraudulently altered, or has been fraudulently misused, or has been 
issued in error; or
    (c) The Department of State is notified that a certificate of 
naturalization issued to the applicant for or bearer of the passport has 
been canceled by a federal court.

[54 FR 8532, Mar. 1, 1989, as amended at 64 FR 19714, Apr. 22, 1999]