2013 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle C - Navy and Marine Corps (§§ 5001 - 7921)
Part IV - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION (§§ 7201 - 7921)
Chapter 655 - PRIZE (§§ 7651 - 7681)
Section 7659 - Libel and proceedings by United States attorney
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 10 - ARMED FORCES Subtitle C - Navy and Marine Corps PART IV - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION CHAPTER 655 - PRIZE Sec. 7659 - Libel and proceedings by United States attorney |
Contains | section 7659 |
Date | 2013 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 477. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 30 Stat. 1007 |
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(a) Upon receiving the report of the prize master directed by section 7658 of this title, the United States attorney for the district shall promptly—
(1) file a libel against the prize property;
(2) obtain a warrant from the court directing the marshal to take custody of the prize property; and
(3) proceed to obtain a condemnation of the property.
(b) In connection with the condemnation proceedings the United States attorney shall insure that the prize commissioners—
(1) take proper preparatory evidence; and
(2) take depositions de bene esse of the prize crew and of other transient persons who know any facts bearing on condemnation.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 477.)
Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
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7659 | 34 U.S.C. 1135. | R.S. 4618. |
As does 34 U.S.C. 1135, the revised section reflects the Act of March 3, 1899, ch. 413, §13, 30 Stat. 1007, which repealed all laws authorizing distribution of prize proceeds to captors.
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