15-U.S.C.-242

§242 – Duty of United States Attorney to Enforce Law

Pathway

Title 15 > Chapter 6 > Subchapter VI > Section 242

Details

• Reference: Section 242
• Legend: §242 – Duty of United States Attorney to Enforce Law
• USCode Year: 2013

Provision Content

It shall be the duty of each United States attorney, to whom satisfactory evidence of any violation of sections 237 to 242 of this title is presented, to cause appropriate proceedings to be commenced and prosecuted in the United States court having jurisdiction of such offense.

(Aug. 23, 1916, ch. 396, §6, 39 Stat. 531; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, §1, 62 Stat. 909.)

Change of Name

Act June 25, 1948, eff. Sept. 1, 1948, substituted United States attorney for district attorney. See section 541 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

U.S. Encyclopedia of Law Coverage

15-U.S.C.-260 in the Legal Encyclopedia: Trade Law

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15-U.S.C.-260A in the Legal Encyclopedia: Standards

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