2019 US Code
Title 43 - Public Lands
Chapter 31 - Department of the Interior
Sec. 1466 - Administration of oaths, affirmations, etc., by employees of Division of Investigations; force and effect

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Citation 43 U.S.C. § 1466 (2019)
Section Name §1466. Administration of oaths, affirmations, etc., by employees of Division of Investigations; force and effect
Section Text

Special agents and such other employees of the Division of Investigations, Department of the Interior of the United States, as are designated by the Secretary of the Interior for that purpose, are authorized and empowered to administer to or take from any person an oath, affirmation, affidavit, or deposition whenever necessary in the performance of their official duties. Any such oath, affirmation, affidavit, or deposition administered or taken by or before a special agent or such other employee of the Division of Investigations, Department of the Interior, designated by the Secretary of the Interior, when certified under his hand, shall have like force and effect as if administered or taken before an officer having a seal.

Source Credit

(Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 878, 54 Stat. 1175.)

Editorial Notes CODIFICATION

Section was formerly classified to section 498 of Title 5 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by Pub. L. 89–554, §1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out under section 1451 of this title.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 31 - DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Sec. 1466 - Administration of oaths, affirmations, etc., by employees of Division of Investigations; force and effect
Contains section 1466
Date 2019
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 24, 2020
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 54 Stat. 1175
64 Stat. 1262
80 Stat. 378
Public Law References Public Law 89-554
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