50 USC App 512: Territorial application; jurisdiction of courts; form of procedure

50 USC App 512: Territorial application; jurisdiction of courts; form of procedure Text contains those laws in effect on January 2, 2001

From Title 50-AppendixSOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' CIVIL RELIEF ACT OF 1940ACT OCT. 17, 1940, CH. 888, 54 STAT. 1178ARTICLE I-GENERAL PROVISIONS

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§512. Territorial application; jurisdiction of courts; form of procedure

(1) The provisions of this Act [sections 501 to 593 of this Appendix] shall apply to the United States, the several States and Territories, the District of Columbia, and all territory subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and to proceedings commenced in any court therein, and shall be enforced through the usual forms of procedure obtaining in such courts or under such regulations as may be by them prescribed.

(2) When under this Act [sections 501 to 593 of this Appendix], any application is required to be made to a court in which no proceeding has already been commenced with respect to the matter, such application may be made to any court.

(Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, art. I, §102, 54 Stat. 1179 ; Pub. L. 102–12, §9(2), Mar. 18, 1991, 105 Stat. 39 .)

Amendments

1991-Par. (1). Pub. L. 102–12 struck out provision including the Philippine Islands while under sovereignty of the United States within territories to which this Act applies.