50-U.S.C.-215

§215 – Institution of Confiscation Proceedings

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Title 50 > Chapter 13 > Section 215

Details

• Reference: Section 215
• Legend: §215 – Institution of Confiscation Proceedings
• USCode Year: 2012

Provision Content

The Attorney General, or the United States attorney for any judicial district in which such property may at the time be, may institute the proceedings of condemnation, and in such case they shall be wholly for the benefit of the United States; or any person may file an information with such attorney, in which case the proceedings shall be for the use of such informer and the United States in equal parts.

(R.S. §5311; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, §1, 62 Stat. 909.)

Codification

R.S. §5311 derived from act Aug. 6, 1861, ch. 60, §3, 12 Stat. 319.

Change of Name

Act June 25, 1948, eff. Sept. 1, 1948, substituted United States attorney” for attorney of the United States”. See section 541 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, and Historical and Revision Notes thereunder.

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