2014 US Code
Title 46 - Shipping (Sections 101 - 80509)
Subtitle III - Maritime Liability (Sections 30101 - 31343)
Chapter 311 - Suits Involving Public Vessels (Sections 31101 - 31113)
Sec. 31105 - Security when counterclaim filed
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 46 - SHIPPING |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 46 - SHIPPING Subtitle III - Maritime Liability CHAPTER 311 - SUITS INVOLVING PUBLIC VESSELS Sec. 31105 - Security when counterclaim filed |
Contains | section 31105 |
Date | 2014 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 109-304, §6(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1522. |
Statutes at Large References | 43 Stat. 1112 120 Stat. 1522 |
Public and Private Laws | Public Law 109-304 |
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If a counterclaim is filed for a cause of action for which the original action is filed under this chapter, the respondent to the counterclaim shall give security in the usual amount and form to respond to the counterclaim, unless the court for cause shown orders otherwise. The proceedings in the original action shall be stayed until the security is given.
(Pub. L. 109–304, §6(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1522.)
Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
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31105 | 46 App.:783 (proviso). | Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 428, §3 (proviso), 43 Stat. 1112. |
The word "counterclaim" is substituted for "cross-libel", and the words "original action" are substituted for "original libel", to conform to the terminolgy in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (28 App. U.S.C.).
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