§118. Duty of United States attorneys

It shall be the duty of the several United States attorneys to prosecute all violations of this Act which shall be brought to their notice or knowledge by any person making the complaint under oath; and the same shall be heard before any district court of the United States or Territorial court holden within the district in which such violation of this Act has been committed.

(May 29, 1884, ch. 60, §9, 23 Stat. 33 ; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, §1, 62 Stat. 909 .)

References in Text

This Act, referred to in text, is act May 29, 1884, ch. 60, 23 Stat. 31 , as amended, which is popularly known as the Animal Industry Act. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 112 of this title and Tables.

Change of Name

Act June 25, 1948, eff. Sept. 1, 1948, substituted "United States attorneys" for "United States district attorneys". See section 541 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

Repeals

Act June 25, 1948, ch. 646, §39, 62 Stat. 992 , repealed act Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, §289, 36 Stat. 1167 , formerly cited as a credit to this section.

Extension of Provisions to Live Poultry

Act Feb. 7, 1928, ch. 30, 45 Stat. 59 , extended the provisions of this section to live poultry.

Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure

Special venue provisions of section as not affected by rule 18, see Notes of Advisory Committee on Rules set out under rule 18, Title 18, Appendix, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in section 136a of this title; title 16 section 1540.