15 USC 242: Duty of United States attorney to enforce law
Text contains those laws in effect on August 23, 2024
From Title 15-COMMERCE AND TRADECHAPTER 6-WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND STANDARD TIMESUBCHAPTER VI-STANDARD BARRELS
§242. Duty of United States attorney to enforce law
It shall be the duty of each United States attorney, to whom satisfactory evidence of any violation of sections 237 to 242 of this title is presented, to cause appropriate proceedings to be commenced and prosecuted in the United States court having jurisdiction of such offense.
(Aug. 23, 1916, ch. 396, §6,
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Act June 25, 1948, eff. Sept. 1, 1948, substituted "United States attorney" for "district attorney". See section 541 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.