2012 US Code
Title 50 - War and National Defense
Chapter 13 - INSURRECTION (§§ 201 - 226)
Section 215 - Institution of confiscation proceedings
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE CHAPTER 13 - INSURRECTION Sec. 215 - Institution of confiscation proceedings |
| Contains | section 215 |
| Date | 2012 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | R.S. §5311; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, §1, 62 Stat. 909. |
| Statutes at Large References | 12 Stat. 319 62 Stat. 909 |
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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.)
CodificationR.S. §5311 derived from act Aug. 6, 1861, ch. 60, §3, 12 Stat. 319.
Change of NameAct 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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