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The PERFORM Statement

A PERFORM statement that appears in a section that is not in an independent segment can have within its range, in addition to any declarative sections whose execution is caused within that range, only one of the following:

Sections and/or paragraphs wholly contained in one or more non-independent segments.
Sections and/or paragraphs wholly contained in a single independent segment.

A PERFORM statement that appears in an independent segment can have within its range, in addition to any declarative sections whose execution is caused within that range, only one of the following:

Sections and/or paragraphs wholly contained in one or more non-independent segments.
Sections and/or paragraphs wholly contained in the same independent segment as that PERFORM statement.