It shall be the duty of each United States attorney, to whom satisfactory evidence of any violation of sections 237 to 242 of this title is presented, to cause appropriate proceedings to be commenced and prosecuted in the United States court having jurisdiction of such offense.
Aug. 23, 1916, ch. 396, § 6 39 Stat. 531 June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 1 62 Stat. 909 (, ; , .)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
section 541 of Title 28Act , eff. , substituted “United States attorney” for “district attorney”. See , Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.