Title 29 — Labor
Chapter 11 — Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Procedure
§ 440. Civil action for enforcement by Secretary; jurisdiction
Statutory text
Whenever it shall appear that any person has violated or is about to violate any of the provisions of this subchapter, the Secretary may bring a civil action for such relief (including injunctions) as may be appropriate. Any such action may be brought in the district court of the United States where the violation occurred or, at the option of the parties, in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
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.
Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959
Pub. L. 86–257 title II § 210 · 73 Stat. 519
Enacted · 29 U.S.C. § 440
(Pub. L. 86–257, title II, § 210, Sept. 14, 1959, 73 Stat. 530.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 86–257, title II, § 210, Sept. 14, 1959, 73 Stat. 530.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 210. civil enforcement Whenever it shall appear that any person has violated or is about to violate any of the provisions of this title, the Secretary may bring a civil action for such relief (including injunctions) as may be appropriate. Any such action may be brought in the district court of the United States where the violation occurred or, at the option of the parties, in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
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