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[CITE: 9USC205]

 
                          TITLE 9--ARBITRATION
 
  CHAPTER 2--CONVENTION ON THE RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN 
                             ARBITRAL AWARDS
 
Sec. 205. Removal of cases from State courts

    Where the subject matter of an action or proceeding pending in a 
State court relates to an arbitration agreement or award falling under 
the Convention, the defendant or the defendants may, at any time before 
the trial thereof, remove such action or proceeding to the district 
court of the United States for the district and division embracing the 
place where the action or proceeding is pending. The procedure for 
removal of causes otherwise provided by law shall apply, except that the 
ground for removal provided in this section need not appear on the face 
of the complaint but may be shown in the petition for removal. For the 
purposes of Chapter 1 of this title any action or proceeding removed 
under this section shall be deemed to have been brought in the district 
court to which it is removed.

(Added Pub. L. 91-368, Sec. 1, July 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 692.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 302 of this title.
