§ 263. — Prohibition of trade by President.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC263]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 6--GOVERNMENT OF INDIAN COUNTRY AND RESERVATIONS
SUBCHAPTER III--TRADERS WITH INDIANS
Sec. 263. Prohibition of trade by President
The President is authorized, whenever in his opinion the public
interest may require the same, to prohibit the introduction of goods, or
of any particular article, into the country belonging to any Indian
tribe, and to direct all licenses to trade with such tribe to be
revoked, and all applications therefor to be rejected. No trader to any
other tribe shall, so long as such prohibition may continue, trade with
any Indians of or for the tribe against which such prohibition is
issued.
(R.S. Sec. 2132.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 2132 derived from act June 30, 1834, ch. 161, Sec. 3, 4
Stat. 729.
