Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Chapter 30 — Hazardous Substances
§ 1268. Proceedings in name of United States; subpenas
Statutory text
All criminal proceedings and all libel or injunction proceedings for the enforcement, or to restrain violations, of this chapter shall be by and in the name of the United States. Subpenas for witnesses who are required to attend a court of the United States in any district may run into any other district in any such proceeding.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Federal Hazardous Substances Labeling Act
Pub. L. 86–613 § 9 · 74 Stat. 372
Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 1268
(Pub. L. 86–613, § 9, July 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 378.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 86–613, § 9, July 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 378.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 9. style of enforcement proceedings—subpenas All criminal proceedings and all libel or injunction proceedings for the enforcement, or to restrain violations, of this Act shall be by and in the name of the United States. Subpoenas for witnesses who are required to attend a court of the United States in any district may run into any other district in any Such proceeding.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Transfer of Functions
Functions of Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under this chapter transferred to Consumer Product Safety Commission, see section 2079 of this title.