forfeiture of annuities of persons remaining outside united states to avoid prosecution

forfeiture of annuities of persons remaining outside united states to avoid prosecution Sec. 405. The Act entitled “An Act to prohibit payment of annuities to officers and employees of the United States convicted of certain offenses, and for other purposes”, approved September 1, 1954 (68 Stat 1142), is amended by adding at the end of section 2 thereof a new subsection as follows: “(c) In any case in which, after the date of enactment of this subsection, any person under indictment for any offense within the purview of the first section of this Act willfully remains outside the United States, its Territories, and possessions, for a period in excess of one year with knowledge of such indictment, no annuity or retired pay shall be paid, for any period subsequent to the end of such one-year period to such person or to the survivor or beneficiary of such person, on the basis of the service of such person, as an officer or employee or the Government unless and until a nolle prosequi to the entire indictment is entered upon the record or such person returns and thereafter the indictment is dismissed or after trial by court the accused is found not guilty of the offense or offenses charged in the indictment.”