And any person who shall wilfully fail or refuse to present himself
for registration or to submit thereto as herein provided, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction in the District
Court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof, be punished
by imprisonment for not more than one year, and shall thereupon be
duly registered.
Provided, that in the call of the docket preference shall be given,
in courts trying the same, to the trial of criminal proceedings under
this act.
Provided, further, that persons shall be subject to registration as
herein provided who shall have attained their twenty-first birthday
and who shall not have attained their thirty-first birthday on or
before the day set for the registration, and all persons so
registered shall be and remain subject to draft into the forces
hereby authorized unless exempted or excused therefrom, as in this
act provided.
Provided, further, that in the case of temporary absence from actual
place of legal residence of any person liable to registration as
provided herein, such registration may be made by mail under
regulations to be prescribed by the President.