28 U.S.C. § 1922 — Witness fees before United States magistrate judges
submitted 78 years ago by ch. 646 to r/title-28-JUDICIARY-AND-JUDICIAL-PROCEDURE · 53 words · no verdicts yet
In a criminal examination before a United States magistrate judge, the United States generally cannot be charged fees for more than four witnesses. The district United States attorney must first approve and certify additional witnesses as important and material.
(a) In a criminal case examined before a United States magistrate judge, fees for more than four witnesses may not be charged to the United States unless the United States attorney for the district* where the examination occurs first approves and certifies that the additional witnesses are material and important.
The fees of more than four witnesses shall not be taxed against the United States, in the examination of any criminal case before a United States magistrate judge, unless their materiality and importance are first approved and certified to by the United States attorney for the district* in which the examination is had.
Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 956; Pub. L. 90–578, title IV, § 402(b)(2), Oct. 17, 1968, 82 Stat. 1118; Pub. L. 101–650, title III, § 321, Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5117.)
- 1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 646 · 62 Stat. 956
- 1968Amended · Pub. L. 90-578 · 82 Stat. 1118
- 1990Amended · Pub. L. 101-650 · 104 Stat. 5117
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 646 on 1948-06-25.
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