42 U.S.C. § 2281 — Contempt proceedings
submitted 80 years ago by ch. 724 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 99 words · no verdicts yet
If a person refuses a subpoena under section 2201(c), the proper district court may order compliance. Disobedience of that court order may be contempt.
If a person fails or refuses to obey a subpoena served under section 2201(c), the district court for any district where the person is found, lives, or does business has jurisdiction, on the Attorney General’s application for the United States, to order the person to appear and testify, appear and produce documents, or do both as the subpoena requires. The court may punish failure to obey its order as contempt.
In case of failure or refusal to obey a subpena served upon any person pursuant to section 2201(c) of this title, the district court for any district in which such person is found or resides or transacts business, upon application by the Attorney General on behalf of the United States, shall have jurisdiction to issue an order requiring such person to appear and give testimony or to appear and produce documents, or both, in accordance with the subpena; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof.
Source credit: (Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 233, formerly § 231, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 960; renumbered § 233, Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 1015, § 6, 70 Stat. 1070; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(a)(8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944.)
- 1946Enacted · Act of Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724 · 68 Stat. 960
- 1956Amended · Act of Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 1015 · 70 Stat. 1070
- 1992Amended · Pub. L. 102-486 · 106 Stat. 2944
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