2017 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle C - Navy and Marine Corps
Part IV - General Administration
Chapter 641 - Naval Petroleum Reserves
Sec. 7437 - Violations by lessee

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Citation 10 U.S.C. § 7437 (2017)
Section Name §7437. Violations by lessee
Section Text

(a) If a lessee fails to comply with any provision of this chapter, of his lease, or of regulations issued under section 7436 of this title that are in force on the date of his lease, the lease may be forfeited and cancelled by an appropriate proceeding in the United States district court for the district in which any part of the property is located.

(b) The lease may provide appropriate methods for the settlement of disputes and remedies for breach of specified conditions.

Source Credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 461.)

Editorial Notes
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
7437 34 U.S.C. 524 (11th par., less proviso). June 4, 1920, ch. 228 (11th par., less proviso, of amended 3d and 4th provisos), 41 Stat. 813; June 30, 1938, ch. 851, §1, 52 Stat. 1254; June 17, 1944, ch. 262, 58 Stat. 281.

In subsection (a) the words "the district in which any part of the property is located" are substituted for the words "the district in which the property, or some part thereof, is located," for brevity.

In subsection (b) the words "for resort to" and "for" are omitted as surplusage.

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, 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 641 - NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVES
Sec. 7437 - Violations by lessee
Contains section 7437
Date 2017
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 12, 2018
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 41 Stat. 813
52 Stat. 1254
58 Stat. 281
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