United States v. Klotz

ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR REHEARING

In a petition for rehearing the Government has called the court’s attention to 50 U.S.C. App. § 465(a) (1970). The section provides:(a) Every person shall be deemed to have notice of the requirements of this title upon publication by the President of a proclamation or other public notice fixing a time for any registration under section 3 [50 U.S. C. App. § 453],1

The Government asserts that by operation of this section of the Selective Service Act it was relieved of the burden of proving that defendant knowingly failed to register under 50 U.S.C. App. §…