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[CITE: 5USC703]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                     PART I--THE AGENCIES GENERALLY
 
                       CHAPTER 7--JUDICIAL REVIEW
 
Sec. 703. Form and venue of proceeding

    The form of proceeding for judicial review is the special statutory 
review proceeding relevant to the subject matter in a court specified by 
statute or, in the absence or inadequacy thereof, any applicable form of 
legal action, including actions for declaratory judgments or writs of 
prohibitory or mandatory injunction or habeas corpus, in a court of 
competent jurisdiction. If no special statutory review proceeding is 
applicable, the action for judicial review may be brought against the 
United States, the agency by its official title, or the appropriate 
officer. Except to the extent that prior, adequate, and exclusive 
opportunity for judicial review is provided by law, agency action is 
subject to judicial review in civil or criminal proceedings for judicial 
enforcement.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 392; Pub. L. 94-574, Sec. 1, 
Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2721.)

                      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. 1009(b).             June 11, 1946, ch.
                                                    324, Sec.  10(b), 60
                                                    Stat. 243.
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    Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable 
and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.


                               Amendments

    1976--Pub. L. 94-574 provided that if no special statutory review 
proceeding is applicable, the action for judicial review may be brought 
against the United States, the agency by its official title, or the 
appropriate officer as defendant.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 2 sections 501, 502; title 7 
section 2143; title 16 section 839f; title 18 sections 843, 3625; title 
25 section 954; title 41 section 422; title 42 section 5405; title 50 
App. section 2412.
