The Federal district courts shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of all suits to which a China Trade Act corporation, or a stockholder, director, or officer thereof in his capacity as such, is a party. Suit against the corporation may be brought in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia or in the Federal district court for any district in which the corporation has an agent and is engaged in doing business.
Sept. 19, 1922, ch. 346, § 20(a)42 Stat. 855Feb. 26, 1925, ch. 345, § 1043 Stat. 996June 25, 1936, ch. 80449 Stat. 192157 Stat. 767June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 32(a)62 Stat. 991May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 12763 Stat. 107(, formerly § 20, ; renumbered § 20(a), , ; , ; Treaty of , ; , ; , .)
Editorial Notes
Codification
section 160 of this titleSection comprises subsec. (a) of section 20 of act , as amended by act . Subsec. (b) of section 20 is classified to .
act June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 3962 Stat. 992In the first sentence, the words “(except as provided by the Act entitled ‘An Act creating a United States Court for China and prescribing the jurisdiction thereof,’ approved , as amended)” have been omitted because that Act (formerly classified to sections 191 to 197, 199, 200, and 202 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse) was repealed by , , eff. .
section 142 of this titleThe provision in the second sentence that suits against the China Trade Act corporation might also be brought in the United States Court for China was omitted as that court is no longer in operation. By the treaty of , between the United States and China, the United States relinquished extraterritorial rights in China. See Codification note set out under .
section 53 of Title 28act June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 162 Stat. 869Section was formerly classified to prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, by , .
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Act , eff. , as amended by act , substituted “United States District Court for the District of Columbia” for “district court of the United States for the District of Columbia”.
Act , changed name of “Supreme Court of the District of Columbia” to “district court of the United States for the District of Columbia”.