2021 US Code
Title 22 - Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 7 - International Bureaus, Congresses, Etc.
Subchapter XV - International Monetary Fund and Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Sec. 286g - Jurisdiction and venue of actions

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Citation 22 U.S.C. § 286g (2021)
Section Name §286g. Jurisdiction and venue of actions
Section Text

For the purpose of any action which may be brought within the United States or its Territories or possessions by or against the Fund or the Bank in accordance with the Articles of Agreement of the Fund or the Articles of Agreement of the Bank, the Fund or the Bank, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be an inhabitant of the Federal judicial district in which its principal office in the United States is located, and any such action at law or in equity to which either the Fund or the Bank shall be a party shall be deemed to arise under the laws of the United States, and the district courts of the United States shall have original jurisdiction of any such action. When either the Fund or the Bank is a defendant in any such action, it may, at any time before the trial thereof, remove such action from a State court into the district court of the United States for the proper district by following the procedure for removal of causes otherwise provided by law.

Source Credit

(July 31, 1945, ch. 339, §10, 59 Stat. 516.)

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 7 - INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
SUBCHAPTER XV - INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND AND BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
Sec. 286g - Jurisdiction and venue of actions
Contains section 286g
Date 2021
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 3, 2022
Positive Law No
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Statutes at Large References 59 Stat. 516
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