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[CITE: 21USC118]

 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
         CHAPTER 4--ANIMALS, MEATS, AND MEAT AND DAIRY PRODUCTS
 
   SUBCHAPTER III--PREVENTION OF INTRODUCTION AND SPREAD OF CONTAGION
 
Sec. 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, Sec. 9, 23 Stat. 33; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 
Sec. 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    Act June 25, 1948, ch. 646, Sec. 39, 62 Stat. 992, repealed act Mar. 
3, 1911, ch. 231, Sec. 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 terms and 
provisions of this section to live poultry.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

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