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[CITE: 25USC1325]

 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
              CHAPTER 15--CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF INDIANS
 
      SUBCHAPTER III--JURISDICTION OVER CRIMINAL AND CIVIL ACTIONS
 
Sec. 1325. Abatement of actions


(a) Pending actions or proceedings; effect of cession

    No action or proceeding pending before any court or agency of the 
United States immediately prior to any cession of jurisdiction by the 
United States pursuant to this subchapter shall abate by reason of that 
cession. For the purposes of any such action or proceeding, such cession 
shall take effect on the day following the date of final determination 
of such action or proceeding.

(b) Criminal actions; effect of cession

    No cession made by the United States under this subchapter shall 
deprive any court of the United States of jurisdiction to hear, 
determine, render judgment, or impose sentence in any criminal action 
instituted against any person for any offense committed before the 
effective date of such cession, if the offense charged in such action 
was cognizable under any law of the United States at the time of the 
commission of such offense. For the purposes of any such criminal 
action, such cession shall take effect on the day following the date of 
final determination of such action.

(Pub. L. 90-284, title IV, Sec. 405, Apr. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 80.)
