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
43 U.S.C. § 1466 (2019) |
§1466. Administration of oaths, affirmations, etc., by employees of Division of Investigations; force and effect |
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. |
(Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 878, 54 Stat. 1175.) |
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 FUNCTIONSFor 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. |
United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS |
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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 |
section 1466 |
2019 |
January 24, 2020 |
No |
standard |
54 Stat. 1175 64 Stat. 1262 80 Stat. 378 |
Public Law 89-554 |