33 U.S.C. § 924 — Witnesses
submitted 99 years ago by ch. 509 to r/title-33-NAVIGATION-AND-NAVIGABLE-WATERS · 110 words · no verdicts yet
A witness generally cannot be required to travel outside the witness’s State and more than 100 miles from home unless mileage and one day’s fee are paid or offered first. Testimony may instead be taken by deposition or interrogatories under specified federal rules.
No person* must attend as a witness before a deputy commissioner* outside the person’s State* and more than 100 miles from home unless lawful mileage and one day’s fee are first paid or offered. Testimony may be taken by deposition or interrogatories under the federal district-court rules for the district where the case is pending, or the District of Columbia court if applicable.
No person* shall be required to attend as a witness in any proceeding before a deputy commissioner* at a place outside of the State* of his residence and more than one hundred miles from his place of residence, unless his lawful mileage and fee for one day’s attendance shall be first paid or tendered to him; but the testimony of any witness may be taken by deposition or interrogatories according to the rules of practice of the Federal district court for the judicial district in which the case is pending (or of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia if the case is pending in the District).
Source credit: (Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 509, § 24, 44 Stat. 1437; June 25, 1936, ch. 804, 49 Stat. 1921; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 32(b), 62 Stat. 991; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 127, 63 Stat. 107.)
- 1927Enacted · Act of Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 509 · 44 Stat. 1437
- 1936Amended · Act of June 25, 1936, ch. 804 · 49 Stat. 1921
- 1948Amended · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 646 · 62 Stat. 991
- 1949Amended · Act of May 24, 1949, ch. 139 · 63 Stat. 107
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 509 on 1927-03-04.
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