If, at the time of certification under , or at any time before the termination of the stay based on the certificate, the Secretary of the Navy files with the court an additional certificate to the effect that the issue of any process to preserve evidence or the completion of action on process previously issued would tend to endanger the security of the United States or of any of its naval or military operations in the war, or would tend to interfere with those operations, then all proceedings for the taking or preserving of evidence to be used by either party in the trial shall be stayed.
Structure US Code
Subtitle C— Navy and Marine Corps
PART IV— GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 885— STAY OF JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
§ 8893. Stay of proceedings for preserving evidence after stay of suit
§ 8894. Stay of proceedings for taking evidence before suit is filed
§ 8895. Stay extended or shortened
§ 8896. Reconsideration of stay
§ 8898. Restricted certificate