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[CITE: 26USC7401]

 
                     TITLE 26--INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
 
                Subtitle F--Procedure and Administration
 
                    CHAPTER 76--JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
 
            Subchapter A--Civil Actions by the United States
 
Sec. 7401. Authorization

    No civil action for the collection or recovery of taxes, or of any 
fine, penalty, or forfeiture, shall be commenced unless the Secretary 
authorizes or sanctions the proceedings and the Attorney General or his 
delegate directs that the action be commenced.

(Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 873; Pub. L. 94-455, title XIX, 
Sec. 1906(b)(13)(A), Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1834.)


                               Amendments

    1976--Pub. L. 94-455 struck out ``or his delegate'' after 
``Secretary''.
