§ 36. Preventing landing or operating of cables; injunction

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. 1921

   Pub. L. 67–12 § 3 · 42 Stat. 8

   Enacted · 47 U.S.C. § 36

   (May 27, 1921, ch. 12, § 3, 42 Stat. 8.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (May 27, 1921, ch. 12, § 3, 42 Stat. 8.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 3. That the President is empowered to prevent the landing of any cable about to be landed in violation of this Act. When any such cable is about to be or is landed or is being operated, without a license, any district court of the United States exercising jurisdiction in the district in which such cable is about to be or is landed, or any district court of the United States having jurisdiction of the parties, shall have jurisdiction, at the suit of the United States, to enjoin the landing or operation of such cable or to compel, by injunction, the removal thereof.

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