2001 US Code
Title 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS
CHAPTER 4 - ANIMALS, MEATS, AND MEAT AND DAIRY PRODUCTS
SUBCHAPTER III - PREVENTION OF INTRODUCTION AND SPREAD OF CONTAGION
Sec. 118 - Duty of United States attorneys
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2000 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS CHAPTER 4 - ANIMALS, MEATS, AND MEAT AND DAIRY PRODUCTS SUBCHAPTER III - PREVENTION OF INTRODUCTION AND SPREAD OF CONTAGION Sec. 118 - Duty of United States attorneys |
| Contains | section 118 |
| Date | 2001 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 22, 2002 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | May 29, 1884, ch. 60, §9, 23 Stat. 33; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, §1, 62 Stat. 909. |
| Statutes at Large References | 23 Stat. 33, 31 36 Stat. 1167 45 Stat. 59 62 Stat. 909, 992 |
§118. Duty of United States attorneys
It shall be the duty of the several United States attorneys to prosecute all violations of this Act which shall be brought to their notice or knowledge by any person making the complaint under oath; and the same shall be heard before any district court of the United States or Territorial court holden within the district in which such violation of this Act has been committed.
(May 29, 1884, ch. 60, §9, 23 Stat. 33; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, §1, 62 Stat. 909.)
References in TextThis Act, referred to in text, is act May 29, 1884, ch. 60, 23 Stat. 31, as amended, which is popularly known as the Animal Industry Act. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 112 of this title and Tables.
Change of NameAct June 25, 1948, eff. Sept. 1, 1948, substituted “United States attorneys” for “United States district attorneys”. See section 541 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.
RepealsAct June 25, 1948, ch. 646, §39, 62 Stat. 992, repealed act Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, §289, 36 Stat. 1167, formerly cited as a credit to this section.
Extension of Provisions to Live PoultryAct Feb. 7, 1928, ch. 30, 45 Stat. 59, extended the terms and provisions of this section to live poultry.
Section Referred to in Other SectionsThis section is referred to in section 136a of this title; title 16 section 1540.
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