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[CITE: 21USC883]

 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
              CHAPTER 13--DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONTROL
 
                  SUBCHAPTER I--CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT
 
            Part E--Administrative and Enforcement Provisions
 
Sec. 883. Enforcement proceedings

    Before any violation of this subchapter is reported by the 
Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration to any United 
States attorney for institution of a criminal proceeding, the 
Administrator may require that the person against whom such proceeding 
is contemplated is given appropriate notice and an opportunity to 
present his views, either orally or in writing, with regard to such 
contemplated proceeding.

(Pub. L. 91-513, title II, Sec. 513, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1278; Pub. 
L. 96-132, Sec. 16(c), Nov. 30, 1979, 93 Stat. 1049.)


                               Amendments

    1979--Pub. L. 96-132 substituted ``Administrator of the Drug 
Enforcement Administration'' for ``Director of the Bureau of Narcotics 
and Dangerous Drugs'' and ``Administrator may'' for ``Director may''.
