[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 22, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 22CFR51.72]



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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS

 

                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE

 

PART 51_PASSPORTS--Table of Contents

 

          Subpart E_Limitations on Issuance or Use 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]