2011 US Code
Title 12 - Banks and Banking
Chapter 33 - DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION MANAGEMENT INTERLOCKS (§§ 3201 - 3208)
Section 3208 - Powers available to Attorney General for enforcement

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 33 - DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION MANAGEMENT INTERLOCKS
Sec. 3208 - Powers available to Attorney General for enforcement
Containssection 3208
Date2011
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 3, 2012
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditPub. L. 95-630, title II, §210, as added Pub. L. 97-320, title IV, §426, Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1524; amended Pub. L. 111-203, title III, §360(3), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1549.
Statutes at Large References38 Stat. 730
96 Stat. 1524
124 Stat. 1549
Public Law ReferencesPublic Law 95-630, Public Law 97-320, Public Law 111-203

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12 USC § 3208 (2011)
§3208. Powers available to Attorney General for enforcement

(a) For the purpose of the exercise by the Attorney General of the enforcement functions of the Attorney General under section 3206(6) 1 of this title, all of the functions and powers of the Attorney General under the Clayton Act [15 U.S.C. 12 et seq.] are available to the Attorney General, irrespective of any jurisdictional tests in the Clayton Act, including the power to take enforcement actions in the same manner as if the violation had been a violation of the Clayton Act.

(b) All of the functions and powers of the Attorney General or the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice are available to the Attorney General or to such Assistant Attorney General to investigate possible violations under section 3206(6) 1 of this title in the same manner as if such possible violations were possible violations of the Clayton Act [15 U.S.C. 12 et seq.].

(Pub. L. 95–630, title II, §210, as added Pub. L. 97–320, title IV, §426, Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1524; amended Pub. L. 111–203, title III, §360(3), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1549.)

References in Text

Section 3206(6) of this title, referred to in text, was redesignated section 3206(5) by Pub. L. 111–203, title III, §360(1)(E), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1549.

The Clayton Act, referred to in text, is act Oct. 15, 1914, ch. 323, 38 Stat. 730, which is classified generally to sections 12, 13, 14 to 19, 21, and 22 to 27 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade, and sections 52 and 53 of Title 29, Labor. For further details and complete classification of this Act to the Code, see References in Text note set out under section 12 of Title 15 and Tables.

Amendments

2010—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 111–203 substituted “the enforcement functions of the Attorney General” for “his enforcement functions”.

Effective Date of 2010 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 111–203 effective on the transfer date, see section 351 of Pub. L. 111–203, set out as a note under section 906 of Title 2, The Congress.

1 See References in Text note below.

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