§ 1445.
(e)
Substitute filing place and administering oath other than before Attorney General
A person may file an application for naturalization other than in the office of the Attorney General, and an oath of allegiance administered other than in a public ceremony before the Attorney General or a court, if the Attorney General determines that the person has an illness or other disability which—
(1)
is of a permanent nature and is sufficiently serious to prevent the person’s personal appearance, or
(2)
is of a nature which so incapacitates the person as to prevent him from personally appearing.
([June 27, 1952, ch. 477], title III, ch. 2, § 334, [66 Stat. 254]; [Pub. L. 97–116, § 15(b)], Dec. 29, 1981, [95 Stat. 1619]; [Pub. L. 101–649, title IV], §§ 401(b), 407(c)(15), (d)(12), Nov. 29, 1990, [104 Stat. 5038], 5041, 5042; [Pub. L. 102–232, title III, § 305(d)], (e), (m)(7), Dec. 12, 1991, [105 Stat. 1750].)