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[CITE: 28USC1693]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                            PART V--PROCEDURE
 
                          CHAPTER 113--PROCESS
 
Sec. 1693. Place of arrest in civil action

    Except as otherwise provided by Act of Congress, no person shall be 
arrested in one district for trial in another in any civil action in a 
district court.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 945.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 112 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 
231, Sec. 51, 36 Stat. 1101; Sept. 19, 1922, ch. 345, 42 Stat. 849; Mar. 
4, 1925, ch. 526, Sec. 1, 43 Stat. 1264; Apr. 16, 1936, ch. 230, 49 
Stat. 1213).
    Venue provisions of section 112 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., 
appear in sections 1391 and 1401 of this title. Other provisions are 
incorporated in section 1695 of this title.
    The exception at the beginning of the section was substituted for 
``Except as provided in sections 113-117 of this title.''
    Changes were made in phraseology.
