Public Law 72–119

That the Supreme Court of the United States shall have the power to prescribe, from time to time, rules of practice and procedure with respect to any or all proceedings after verdict in criminal cases in district courts of the United States, including the District Courts of Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Canal Zone, and Virgin Islands, in the Supreme Courts of the District of Columbia, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico, in the United States Court for China, in the United States Circuit Courts of Appeals, and in the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia.

Sec. 2.

The right of appeal shall continue in those cases in which appeals are now authorized by law, but the rules made as herein authorized may prescribe the times for and manner of taking appeals and of preparing records and bills of exceptions and the conditions on which supersedeas or bail may be allowed.

Sec. 3.

The Supreme Court may fix the dates when such rules shall take effect and the extent to which they shall apply to proceedings

Conflicting law void.

then pending, and after they become effective all laws in conflict therewith shall be of no further force.