33-U.S.C.-924
§924 – Witnesses
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Title 33 > Chapter 18 > Section 924
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- Reference: Section 924
- Legend: §924 – Witnesses
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
No person shall be required to attend as a witness in any proceeding before a deputy commissioner at a place outside of the State of his residence and more than one hundred miles from his place of residence, unless his lawful mileage and fee for one days attendance shall be first paid or tendered to him; but the testimony of any witness may be taken by deposition or interrogatories according to the rules of practice of the Federal district court for the judicial district in which the case is pending (or of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia if the case is pending in the District).
(Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 509, §24, 44 Stat. 1437; June 25, 1936, ch. 804, 49 Stat. 1921; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, §32(b), 62 Stat. 991; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, §127, 63 Stat. 107.)
Codification
As originally enacted, this section contained a reference to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Act June 25, 1936, substituted the district court of the United States for the District of Columbia for the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, and act June 25, 1948, as amended by act May 24, 1949, substituted United States District Court for the District of Columbia for district court of the United States for the District of Columbia.
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