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Title 28 — Judiciary and Judicial Procedure

Part III · Chapter 41 — Administrative Office of United States Courts

§ 607. Practice of law prohibited

Statutory text

An officer or employee of the Administrative Office shall not engage directly or indirectly in the practice of law in any court of the United States.

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.

  1. Title 28, United States Code, section —

    Pub. L. 80–646 · 62 Stat. 869

    Enacted · 28 U.S.C. § 607

    (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 915.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 915.)

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Notes

Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 445 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 303, as added Aug. 7, 1939, ch. 501, § 1, 53 Stat. 1223).

This section contains the last paragraph of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 445. The remainder of said section is incorporated in sections 602 and 603 of this title.

Changes were made in phraseology.

Credits

(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 915.)

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