Title 52 — Voting and Elections
Chapter 207 — Federal Election Records
§ 20703. Demand for records or papers by Attorney General or representative; statement of basis and purpose
Statutory text
Any record or paper required by section 20701 of this title to be retained and preserved shall, upon demand in writing by the Attorney General or his representative directed to the person having custody, possession, or control of such record or paper, be made available for inspection, reproduction, and copying at the principal office of such custodian by the Attorney General or his representative. This demand shall contain a statement of the basis and the purpose therefor.
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.
Civil Rights Act of 1960
Pub. L. 86–449 title III § 303 · 74 Stat. 86
Enacted · 52 U.S.C. § 20703
(Pub. L. 86–449, title III, § 303, May 6, 1960, 74 Stat. 88.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 86–449, title III, § 303, May 6, 1960, 74 Stat. 88.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 303. Any record or paper required by section 301 to be retained and preserved shall, upon demand in writing by the Attorney General or his representative directed to the person having custody, possession, or control of such record or paper, be made available for inspection, reproduction, and copying at the principal office of such custodian by the Attorney General or his representative. This demand shall contain a statement of the basis and the purpose therefor.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 1974b of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.