50 USC App 502: Purpose
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From Title 50-AppendixSERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF ACTACT OCT. 17, 1940, CH. 888, 54 STAT. 1178
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§502. Purpose

The purposes of this Act [sections 501 to 515 and 516 to 597b of this Appendix] are-

(1) to provide for, strengthen, and expedite the national defense through protection extended by this Act to servicemembers of the United States to enable such persons to devote their entire energy to the defense needs of the Nation; and

(2) to provide for the temporary suspension of judicial and administrative proceedings and transactions that may adversely affect the civil rights of servicemembers during their military service.

(Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, §2, as added Pub. L. 108–189, §1, Dec. 19, 2003, 117 Stat. 2836 .)