§ 1653. Amendment of pleadings to show jurisdiction

Statutory text

Defective allegations of jurisdiction may be amended, upon terms, in the trial or appellate courts.

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.

1948
Title 28, United States Code, section —
Pub. L. 80–646 · 62 Stat. 869
Enacted · 28 U.S.C. § 1653
(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 944.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 944.)

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Notes

Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 399 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 274c, as added Mar. 3, 1915, ch. 90, 38 Stat. 956).

Section was extended to permit amendment of all jurisdictional allegations instead of merely allegations of diversity of citizenship as provided by section 399 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed.

Changes were made in phraseology.

Credits

(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 944.)