Executive Order 8271—Amendment of Section 6 of Executive Order No. 8251 of September 12, 1939, Prescribing Regulations Governing the Entrance of Foreign and Domestic Aircraft Into the Canal Zone, and Navigation Therein

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 14 of title 2 of the Canal Zone Code, as amended by the act of July 9, 1937, 50 Stat. 486 (U.S.C., title 48, sec. 1314a), it is hereby ordered that section 6 of Executive Order No. 8251 of September 12, 1939, prescribing regulations governing the entrance of foreign and domestic aircraft into the Canal Zone, and navigation therein, be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 6. Waiver of application of certain sections of order. The Secretary of State or the Civil Aeronautics Authority, so far as either has jurisdiction with respect to particular classes of flights under this order, and with the agreement of the Secretary of War, may waive the application of all or any part of the provisions of sections 2, 3, 4, and 5 of this order."

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
October 16, 1939.