27 U.S.C. § 219 — Injunction proceedings; compromise of liability

submitted 91 years ago by Pub. L. 100-690 to r/title-27-INTOXICATING-LIQUORS · 93 words · no verdicts yet

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Federal district courts can, for good cause, issue injunctions to stop violations of this subchapter. The Attorney General, through U.S. attorneys, brings those cases. The Secretary can also settle liability for a violation by collecting a payment, which goes to the Treasury.

(a) The district courts of the United States have jurisdiction, for cause shown, to prevent and restrain violations of this subchapter, when the Attorney General of the United States applies through the U.S. attorneys in their districts. (b) The Secretary can compromise the liability arising from a violation of this subchapter, by collecting a sum for each offense, which the Secretary then pays into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.

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(a)

The several district courts of the United States are vested with jurisdiction, for cause shown, to prevent and restrain violations of this subchapter upon the application of the Attorney General of the United States acting through the several United States attorneys in their several districts.

(b)

The Secretary is authorized, with respect to any violation of this subchapter, to compromise the liability arising with respect to such violation upon payment of a sum for each offense, to be collected by the Secretary and to be paid into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.

Source credit: (Aug. 29, 1935, ch. 814, title II, § 208, as added Pub. L. 100–690, title VIII, § 8001(a)(3), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4520.)

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1935Enacted · Pub. L. 100-690 · 102 Stat. 4520

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