§ 926. Costs in proceedings brought without reasonable grounds

Statutory text

If the court having jurisdiction of proceedings in respect of any claim or compensation order determines that the proceedings in respect of such claim or order have been instituted or continued without reasonable ground, the costs of such proceedings shall be assessed against the party who has so instituted or continued such proceedings.

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.

1927
Pub. L. 69–509 § 26 · 44 Stat. 1424
Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 926
(Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 509, § 26, 44 Stat. 1438.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 509, § 26, 44 Stat. 1438.)

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Credits

(Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 509, § 26, 44 Stat. 1438.)