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[CITE: 28USC714]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                 PART III--COURT OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
 
                      CHAPTER 47--COURTS OF APPEALS
 
Sec. 714. Criers and messengers

    (a) Each court of appeals may appoint a crier who shall be subject 
to removal by the court.
    (b) The crier, with the approval of the court, may appoint necessary 
messengers in such number as the Director of the Administrative Office 
of the United States Courts may approve. The crier may remove such 
messengers with the approval of the court. The crier shall also perform 
the duties of bailiff and messenger.

(Added Pub. L. 97-164, title I, Sec. 120(c)(1), Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 
33.)


                             Effective Date

    Section effective Oct. 1, 1982, see section 402 of Pub. L. 97-164, 
set out as an Effective Date of 1982 Amendment note under section 171 of 
this title.


   Applicability of This Section to Court of Appeals for District of 
Columbia During Continued Service of Marshal for Court in Office on Apr. 
                                 2, 1982

    Subsec. (a) of this section not applicable to the Court of Appeals 
for the District of Columbia during the continued service as Marshal for 
such Court of any individual who was serving in such office under 
section 713(c) of this title as of Apr. 2, 1982, see section 415 of Pub. 
L. 98-620, set out as a note under section 713 of this title.
