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CHAPTER 6 - FOREIGN DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR OFFICERS

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Sec.

251 to 254. Repealed.

254a. Definitions.

254b. Privileges and immunities of mission of nonparty to

Vienna Convention.

254c. Extension of more favorable or less favorable

treatment than provided under Vienna Convention;

authority of President.

254c-1. Policy toward certain agents of foreign governments.

254c-2. Repealed.

254d. Dismissal on motion of action against individual

entitled to immunity.

254e. Liability insurance for members of mission.

(a) Compliance with regulations.

(b) Establishment by regulation of liability

insurance requirements.

(c) Enforcement of liability insurance

requirements.

255 to 255b. Repealed or Omitted.

256. Jurisdiction of consular officers in disputes between

seamen.

257. Arrest of seamen; procedure generally.

258. Commitment and discharge.

258a. Enforcement of awards of foreign consuls.

259. Repealed.

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-HEAD-

Sec. 251. Repealed. June 25, 1948, ch. 645, Sec. 21, 62 Stat. 862,

eff. Sept. 1, 1948

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Section, R.S. Sec. 4062, related to violation of safe conduct.

See sections 112 and 1545 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal

Procedure.

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-HEAD-

Secs. 252 to 254. Repealed. Pub. L. 95-393, Sec. 3(a)(1), Sept. 30,

1978, 92 Stat. 808

-MISC1-

Section 252, R.S. Sec. 4063, related to the immunity of any

ambassador or public minister of any foreign prince or State, or

any domestic or domestic servant of any such minister against

arrest, imprisonment, or seizure of his goods or chattels.

Section 253, R.S. Sec. 4064, related to imprisonment for not more

than three years of anyone suing out a writ or process in violation

of the provisions of former section 252 of this title, granting

diplomatic immunity to certain persons.

Section 254, R.S. Secs. 4065, 4066, related to suits against

persons in the service of an ambassador or public minister founded

upon a debt contracted before entering such service, and

registration of the names of persons serving as domestic servants

of an ambassador or a public minister with the State Department.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL

Repeal effective at end of ninety-day period beginning on Sept.

30, 1978, see section 9 of Pub. L. 95-393, set out as an Effective

Date note under section 254a of this title.

INSURANCE COVERAGE OF DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS TO UNITED STATES; REPORTS

TO SPEAKER OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND PRESIDENT OF SENATE

Pub. L. 95-148, title V, Sec. 510(1), (2), Oct. 31, 1977, 91

Stat. 1240, provided that it was the sense of the Congress that the

Secretary of State should prepare and submit to the Speaker of the

House of Representatives and to the President of the Senate: (1)

not later than six months after Oct. 31, 1977, a report on the

adequacy of insurance provided by the accredited diplomatic

missions to the United States to cover loss or injury arising from

the wrongful acts or omissions of the employees of such missions in

the United States; and (2) not later than one year after Oct. 31,

1977, a report on what efforts the President and the Secretary of

State had made to encourage the provision of such coverage.

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-HEAD-

Sec. 254a. Definitions

-STATUTE-

As used in this Act -

(1) the term "members of a mission" means -

(A) the head of a mission and those members of a mission who

are members of the diplomatic staff or who, pursuant to law,

are granted equivalent privileges and immunities,

(B) members of the administrative and technical staff of a

mission, and

(C) members of the service staff of a mission,

as such terms are defined in Article 1 of the Vienna Convention;

(2) the term "family" means -

(A) the members of the family of a member of a mission

described in paragraph (1)(A) who form part of his or her

household if they are not nationals of the United States, and

(B) the members of the family of a member of a mission

described in paragraph (1)(B) who form part of his or her

household if they are not nationals or permanent residents of

the United States,

within the meaning of Article 37 of the Vienna Convention;

(3) the term "mission" includes missions within the meaning of

the Vienna Convention and any missions representing foreign

governments, individually or collectively, which are extended the

same privileges and immunities, pursuant to law, as are enjoyed

by missions under the Vienna Convention; and

(4) the term "Vienna Convention" means the Vienna Convention on

Diplomatic Relations of April 18, 1961 (T.I.A.S. numbered 7502;

23 U.S.T. 3227), entered into force with respect to the United

States on December 13, 1972.

-SOURCE-

(Pub. L. 95-393, Sec. 2, Sept. 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 808; Pub. L.

97-241, title II, Sec. 203(b)(1), Aug. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 290.)

-REFTEXT-

REFERENCES IN TEXT

This Act, referred to in text, means Pub. L. 95-393, Sept. 30,

1978, 92 Stat. 808, as amended, known as the Diplomatic Relations

Act. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short

Title note below and Tables.

-MISC1-

AMENDMENTS

1982 - Par. (1)(A). Pub. L. 97-241 substituted "those members of

a mission who are members of the diplomatic staff or who, pursuant

to law, are granted equivalent privileges and immunities" for

"members of the diplomatic staff of a mission".

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1982 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 97-241 effective Oct. 1, 1982, see section

204 of Pub. L. 97-241, set out as an Effective Date note under

section 4301 of this title.

EFFECTIVE DATE

Section 9 of Pub. L. 95-393 provided that: "This Act [see Short

Title note below] shall take effect at the end of the ninety-day

period beginning on the date of its enactment [Sept. 30, 1978]".

SHORT TITLE

Section 1 of Pub. L. 95-393 provided that: "This Act [enacting

this section, sections 254b to 254e of this title, and section 1364

of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, amending sections

1251 and 1351 of Title 28, repealing sections 252 to 254 of this

title, and enacting provisions set out as a note under this

section] may be cited as the 'Diplomatic Relations Act'."

-SECREF-

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 4304a of this title; title

28 section 1351.

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-HEAD-

Sec. 254b. Privileges and immunities of mission of nonparty to

Vienna Convention

-STATUTE-

With respect to a nonparty to the Vienna Convention, the mission,

the members of the mission, their families, and diplomatic couriers

shall enjoy the privileges and immunities specified in the Vienna

Convention.

-SOURCE-

(Pub. L. 95-393, Sec. 3(b), Sept. 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 808; Pub. L.

97-241, title II, Sec. 203(b)(2), Aug. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 291.)

-MISC1-

AMENDMENTS

1982 - Pub. L. 97-241 substituted "With respect to a nonparty to

the Vienna Convention, the mission, the members of the mission,

their families, and diplomatic couriers" for "Members of the

mission of a sending state which has not ratified the Vienna

Convention, their families, and the diplomatic couriers of such

state,".

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1982 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 97-241 effective Oct. 1, 1982, see section

204 of Pub. L. 97-241, set out as an Effective Date note under

section 4301 of this title.

EFFECTIVE DATE

Section effective at end of ninety-day period beginning on Sept.

30, 1978, see section 9 of Pub. L. 95-393, set out as a note under

section 254a of this title.

-SECREF-

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 254d of this title.

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-HEAD-

Sec. 254c. Extension of more favorable or less favorable treatment

than provided under Vienna Convention; authority of President

-STATUTE-

The President may, on the basis of reciprocity and under such

terms and conditions as he may determine, specify privileges and

immunities for the mission, the members of the mission, their

families, and the diplomatic couriers which result in more

favorable treatment or less favorable treatment than is provided

under the Vienna Convention.

-SOURCE-

(Pub. L. 95-393, Sec. 4, Sept. 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 809; Pub. L.

97-241, title II, Sec. 203(b)(3), Aug. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 291.)

-MISC1-

AMENDMENTS

1982 - Pub. L. 97-241 substituted "immunities for the mission,

the members" for "immunities for members" and "diplomatic couriers

which" for "diplomatic couriers of any sending state which".

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1982 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 97-241 effective Oct. 1, 1982, see section

204 of Pub. L. 97-241, set out as an Effective Date note under

section 4301 of this title.

EFFECTIVE DATE

Section effective at end of ninety-day period beginning on Sept.

30, 1978, see section 9 of Pub. L. 95-393, set out as a note under

section 254a of this title.

-EXEC-

EX. ORD. NO. 12101. DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS TO SECRETARY OF STATE

RESPECTING PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES FOR DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS AND

PERSONNEL

Ex. Ord. No. 12101, Nov. 17, 1978, 43 F.R. 54195, as amended by

Ex. Ord. No. 12608, Sept. 9, 1987, 52 F.R. 34617, provided:

By the authority vested in me as President of the United States

of America by the Diplomatic Relations Act (Public Law 95-393, 92

Stat. 808; 22 U.S.C. 254a et seq.) and Section 301 of Title 3 of

the United States Code, in order to implement the liability

insurance and other requirements relating to diplomatic personnel,

I hereby designate and empower the Secretary of State to perform,

without the approval, ratification, or other action of the

President, the functions vested or to be vested in the President by

Section 4 of Diplomatic Relations Act (92 Stat. 809; 22 U.S.C.

254c).

-SECREF-

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 254d of this title.

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Sec. 254c-1. Policy toward certain agents of foreign governments

-STATUTE-

(a) It is the sense of the Congress that the numbers, status,

privileges and immunities, travel, accommodations, and facilities

within the United States of official representatives to the United

States of any foreign government that engages in intelligence

activities within the United States harmful to the national

security of the United States should not exceed the respective

numbers, status, privileges and immunities, travel accommodations,

and facilities within such country of official representatives of

the United States to such country.

(b) Omitted.

-SOURCE-

(Pub. L. 98-618, title VI, Sec. 601(a), (b), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat.

3303.)

-COD-

CODIFICATION

Subsec. (b) of this section, which required the President to

prepare and transmit to the Committee on Foreign Relations and

Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Committee on

Foreign Affairs (now Committee on International Relations) and

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of

Representatives a report on the numbers, status, privileges and

immunities, travel, accommodations, and facilities within the

United States of official representatives to the United States of

any foreign government that engages in intelligence activities

within the United States harmful to the national security of the

United States and the respective numbers, status, privileges and

immunities, travel, accommodations, and facilities within such

country of official representatives of the United States to such

country, and any action which may have been taken with respect

thereto, terminated, effective May 15, 2000, pursuant to section

3003 of Pub. L. 104-66, as amended, set out as a note under section

1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance. See, also, page 33 of House

Document No. 103-7.

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-HEAD-

Sec. 254c-2. Repealed. Pub. L. 103-199, title V, Sec. 501(c), Dec.

17, 1993, 107 Stat. 2325

-MISC1-

Section, Pub. L. 100-178, title V, Sec. 501, Dec. 2, 1987, 101

Stat. 1014, related to annual report of Attorney General to

congressional committees regarding admissions to United States over

objections of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of Soviet

nationals employed by or assigned to foreign mission or

international organization in United States.

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-HEAD-

Sec. 254d. Dismissal on motion of action against individual

entitled to immunity

-STATUTE-

Any action or proceeding brought against an individual who is

entitled to immunity with respect to such action or proceeding

under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, under section

254b or 254c of this title, or under any other laws extending

diplomatic privileges and immunities, shall be dismissed. Such

immunity may be established upon motion or suggestion by or on

behalf of the individual, or as otherwise permitted by law or

applicable rules of procedure.

-SOURCE-

(Pub. L. 95-393, Sec. 5, Sept. 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 809.)

-MISC1-

EFFECTIVE DATE

Section effective at end of ninety-day period beginning on Sept.

30, 1978, see section 9 of Pub. L. 95-393, set out as a note under

section 254a of this title.

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Sec. 254e. Liability insurance for members of mission

-STATUTE-

(a) Compliance with regulations

Each mission, members of the mission and their families, and

individuals described in section 19 of the Convention on Privileges

and Immunities of the United Nations of February 13, 1946, shall

comply with any requirement imposed by the regulations promulgated

by the Director of the Office of Foreign Missions in the Department

of State pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.

(b) Establishment by regulation of liability insurance requirements

The Director of the Office of Foreign Missions shall, by

regulation, establish liability insurance requirements which can

reasonably be expected to afford adequate compensation to victims

and which are to be met by each mission, members of the mission and

their families, and individuals described in section 19 of the

Convention on Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations of

February 13, 1946, relating to risks arising from the operation in

the United States of any motor vehicle, vessel, or aircraft.

(c) Enforcement of liability insurance requirements

The Director of the Office of Foreign Missions shall take such

steps as he may deem necessary to insure that each mission, members

of the mission and their families, and individuals described in

section 19 of the Convention on Privileges and Immunities of the

United Nations of February 13, 1946, who operate motor vehicles,

vessels, or aircraft in the United States comply with the

requirements established pursuant to subsection (b) of this

section.

-SOURCE-

(Pub. L. 95-393, Sec. 6, Sept. 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 809; Pub. L.

98-164, title VI, Sec. 602, Nov. 22, 1983, 97 Stat. 1042.)

-MISC1-

AMENDMENTS

1983 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98-164, Sec. 602(1), substituted

"Director of the Office of Foreign Missions in the Department of

State" for "President".

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98-164, Sec. 602(2), inserted provision

respecting adequate compensation to victims, and substituted

reference to Director for reference to President.

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 98-164, Sec. 602(3), substituted reference

to Director for reference to President.

EFFECTIVE DATE

Section effective at end of ninety-day period beginning on Sept.

30, 1978, see section 9 of Pub. L. 95-393, set out as a note under

section 254a of this title.

-TRANS-

AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF STATE

Except as otherwise provided, Secretary of State to have and

exercise any authority vested by law in any official or office of

Department of State and references to such officials or offices

deemed to refer to Secretary of State or Department of State, as

appropriate, see section 2651a of this title and section 161(d) of

Pub. L. 103-236, set out as a note under section 2651a of this

title.

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-HEAD-

Sec. 255. Repealed. June 25, 1948, ch. 645, Sec. 21, 62 Stat. 862,

eff. Sept. 1, 1948

-MISC1-

Section, R.S. Sec. 4062, related to assaulting, etc., a foreign

minister. See sections 112 and 1545 of Title 18, Crimes and

Criminal Procedure.

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-HEAD-

Secs. 255a, 255b. Omitted

-COD-

CODIFICATION

Sections, act Feb. 15, 1938, ch. 29, Secs. 1, 2, 52 Stat. 30,

which related to protection for officers and buildings,

jurisdiction of offenses and penalties, and permitted picketing,

are of particular application to the District of Columbia.

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-HEAD-

Sec. 256. Jurisdiction of consular officers in disputes between

seamen

-STATUTE-

Whenever it is stipulated by treaty or convention between the

United States and any foreign nation that the consul general,

consuls, vice consuls, or consular or commercial agents of each

nation, shall have exclusive jurisdiction of controversies,

difficulties, or disorders arising at sea or in the waters or ports

of the other nation, between the master or officers and any of the

crew, or between any of the crew themselves, of any vessel

belonging to the nation represented by such consular officer, such

stipulations shall be executed and enforced within the jurisdiction

of the United States as declared in sections 257 and 258 of this

title. But before this section shall take effect as to the vessels

of any particular nation having such treaty with the United States,

the President shall be satisfied that similar provisions have been

made for the execution of such treaty by the other contracting

party, and shall issue his proclamation to that effect, declaring

this section to be in force as to such nation.

-SOURCE-

(R.S. Sec. 4079.)

-COD-

CODIFICATION

R.S. Sec. 4079 derived from act June 11, 1864, ch. 116, Sec. 1,

13 Stat. 121.

-SECREF-

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 257 of this title.

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Sec. 257. Arrest of seamen; procedure generally

-STATUTE-

In all cases within the purview of section 256 of this title the

consul general, consul, or other consular or commercial authority

of such foreign nation charged with the appropriate duty in the

particular case, may make application to any court of record of the

United States, or to any judge thereof, or to any United States

magistrate judge, setting forth that such controversy, difficulty,

or disorder has arisen, briefly stating the nature thereof, and

when and where the same occurred, and exhibiting a certified copy

or extract of the shipping articles, roll, or other proper paper of

the vessel, to the effect that the person in question is of the

crew or ship's company of such vessel; and further stating and

certifying that such person has withdrawn himself, or is believed

to be about to withdraw himself, from the control and discipline of

the master and officers of the vessel or that he has refused, or is

about to refuse, to submit to and obey the lawful jurisdiction of

such consular or commercial authority in the premises; and further

stating and certifying that, to the best of the knowledge and

belief of the officer certifying, such person is not a citizen of

the United States. Such application shall be in writing and duly

authenticated by the consular or other sufficient official seal.

Thereupon such court, judge, or magistrate judge shall issue his

warrant for the arrest of the person so complained of, directed to

the marshal of the United States for the appropriate district, or

in his discretion to any person, being a citizen of the United

States, whom he may specially depute for the purpose, requiring

such person to be brought before him for examination at a certain

time and place.

-SOURCE-

(R.S. Sec. 4080; May 28, 1896, ch. 252, Sec. 19, 29 Stat. 184; Mar.

2, 1901, ch. 814, 31 Stat. 956; Pub. L. 90-578, title IV, Sec.

402(b)(2), Oct. 17, 1968, 82 Stat. 1118; Pub. L. 101-650, title

III, Sec. 321, Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5117.)

-COD-

CODIFICATION

R.S. Sec. 4080 derived from act June 11, 1864, ch. 116, Sec. 2,

13 Stat. 121.

Act Mar. 2, 1901, provided in part that all acts or parts of acts

applicable to commissioners of the circuit court, except as to

appointment and fees, shall be applicable to United States

commissioners.

-CHANGE-

CHANGE OF NAME

Act May 28, 1896, abolished the circuit court and required the

district court to appoint persons to be known as United States

commissioners.

"United States magistrate judge" and "magistrate judge"

substituted in text for "United States magistrate" and

"magistrate", respectively, pursuant to section 321 of Pub. L.

101-650, set out as a note under section 631 of Title 28, Judiciary

and Judicial Procedure. Previously, "magistrate" substituted for

"commissioner" pursuant to Pub. L. 90-578. See chapter 43 (Sec. 631

et seq.) of Title 28.

-SECREF-

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 256, 258 of this title.

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Sec. 258. Commitment and discharge

-STATUTE-

If, on such examination, it is made to appear that the person so

arrested is a citizen of the United States, he shall be forthwith

discharged from arrest, and shall be left to the ordinary course of

law. But if this is not made to appear, and such court, judge, or

magistrate judge finds, upon the papers referred to in section 257

of this title, a sufficient prima facie case that the matter

concerns only the internal order and discipline of such foreign

vessel, or whether in its nature civil or criminal, does not affect

directly the execution of the laws of the United States, or the

rights and duties of any citizen of the United States, he shall

forthwith, by his warrant, commit such person to prison, where

prisoners under sentence of a court of the United States may be

lawfully committed, or, in his discretion, to the master or chief

officer of such foreign vessel, to be subject to the lawful orders,

control, and discipline of such master or chief officer, and to the

jurisdiction of the consular or commercial authority of the nation

to which such vessel belongs, to the exclusion of any authority or

jurisdiction in the premises of the United States or any State

thereof. No person shall be detained more than two months after his

arrest, but at the end of that time shall be set at liberty and

shall not again be arrested for the same cause. The expenses of the

arrest and the detention of the person so arrested shall be paid by

the consular officers making the application: Provided, That

nothing in this section or section 257 of this title shall

authorize the arrest or imprisonment of officers and seamen

deserting or charged with desertion from merchant vessels of

foreign nations in the United States and Territories and

possessions thereof, and the cooperation, aid, and protection of

competent legal authorities in effecting such arrest or

imprisonment.

-SOURCE-

(R.S. Sec. 4081; Mar. 4, 1915, ch. 153, Secs. 16, 17, 38 Stat.

1184; Pub. L. 90-578, title IV, Sec. 402(b)(2), Oct. 17, 1968, 82

Stat. 1118; Pub. L. 101-650, title III, Sec. 321, Dec. 1, 1990, 104

Stat. 5117.)

-COD-

CODIFICATION

R.S. Sec. 4081 derived from act June 11, 1864, ch. 116, Sec. 2,

13 Stat. 121.

-CHANGE-

CHANGE OF NAME

Words "magistrate judge" substituted in text for "magistrate"

pursuant to section 321 of Pub. L. 101-650, set out as a note under

section 631 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

Previously, "magistrate" substituted for "commissioner" pursuant to

Pub. L. 90-578. See chapter 43 (Sec. 631 et seq.) of Title 28.

-SECREF-

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 256 of this title.

-End-

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-HEAD-

Sec. 258a. Enforcement of awards of foreign consuls

-STATUTE-

The district courts and the United States magistrate judges shall

have power to carry into effect, according to the true intent and

meaning thereof, the award or arbitration or decree of any consul,

vice consul or commercial agent of any foreign nation, made or

rendered by virtue of authority conferred on him as such consul,

vice consul, or commercial agent, to sit as judge or arbitrator in

such differences as may arise between the captains and crews of the

vessels belonging to the nation whose interests are committed to

his charge, application for the exercise of such power being first

made to such court or magistrate judge, by petition of such consul,

vice consul, or commercial agent. And said courts and magistrate

judges may issue all proper remedial process, mesne and final, to

carry into full effect such award, arbitration, or decree, and to

enforce obedience thereto by imprisonment in the jail or other

place of confinement in the district in which the United States may

lawfully imprison any person arrested under the authority of the

United States, until such award, arbitration or decree is complied

with, or the parties are otherwise discharged therefrom, by the

consent in writing of such consul, vice consul, or commercial

agent, or his successor in office, or by the authority of the

foreign government appointing such consul, vice consul, or

commercial agent. The expenses of the said imprisonment and

maintenance of the prisoners, and the cost of the proceedings,

shall be borne by such foreign government, or by its consul, vice

consul, or commercial agent requiring such imprisonment. The

marshals of the United States shall serve all such process, and do

all other acts necessary and proper to carry into effect the

premises, under the authority of the said courts and magistrate

judges.

-SOURCE-

(Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, Sec. 271, 36 Stat. 1163; Pub. L. 90-578,

title IV, Sec. 402(b)(2), Oct. 17, 1968, 82 Stat. 1118; Pub. L.

101-650, title III, Sec. 321, Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5117.)

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CODIFICATION

Section was formerly classified to section 393 of Title 28 prior

to the general revision and enactment of Title 28, Judiciary and

Judicial Procedure, by act June 25, 1948, ch. 646, Sec. 1, 62 Stat.

869.

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CHANGE OF NAME

"United States magistrate judges", "magistrate judge", and

"magistrate judges" substituted in text for "United States

magistrates", "magistrate", and "magistrates", respectively,

pursuant to section 321 of Pub. L. 101-650, set out as a note under

section 631 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

Previously, "magistrate" substituted for "commissioner" pursuant to

Pub. L. 90-578. See chapter 43 (Sec. 631 et seq.) of Title 28.

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22 USC Sec. 259 01/06/03

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TITLE 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE

CHAPTER 6 - FOREIGN DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR OFFICERS

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Sec. 259. Repealed. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, Sec. 53, 70A Stat. 641

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Section, act May 31, 1939, ch. 161, 53 Stat. 795, authorized

Secretary of Army to sell supplies to aircraft operated by any

foreign military or air attache&233; accredited to United States.

See sections 4626, 4629, 9626, and 9629 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

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