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[CITE: 28USC502]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                     PART II--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
                    CHAPTER 31--THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
 
Sec. 502. Seal

    The Attorney General shall have a seal for the Department of 
Justice. The design of the seal is subject to the approval of the 
President.

(Added Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 4(c), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 611.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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                                                   Revised Statutes and
      Derivation               U.S. Code             Statutes at Large
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                       5 U.S.C. 292.              R.S. Sec.  353.
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    The section is rewritten to conform to other statutes authorizing 
departmental seals. The words ``The seal heretofore provided for the 
office of the Attorney General shall be'' are omitted as obsolete.


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 502, act June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 909, 
related to appointment of assistant United States attorneys, prior to 
repeal by Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 8(a), and reenactment in section 542 of 
this title by section 4(c) of Pub. L. 89-554.
