§ 1616. Trial by jury

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. 1954

   Pub. L. 83–558 § 26 · 68 Stat. 587

   Enacted · 48 U.S.C. § 1616

   July 22, 1954, ch. 558, § 26, 68 Stat. 507

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   July 22, 1954, ch. 558, § 26, 68 Stat. 507

2. 1958

   Pub. L. 85–851 § 8 · 72 Stat. 1094

   Substituted · 48 U.S.C. § 1616

   Pub. L. 85–851 substituted requirement of jury trial upon demand by defendant or Government for prohibition against denial to any person on demand of either party

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 85–851 substituted requirement of jury trial upon demand by defendant or Government for prohibition against denial to any person on demand of either party.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 8. The first sentence of section 26 of said Act is amended to 28 USC 541. Trial by Jury. read as follows: “All criminal cases originating in the district court shall be tried by jury upon demand by the defendant or by the Government.”

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