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15 U.S.C. § 242

Duty of United States attorney to enforce law

United States · Title 15 — COMMERCE AND TRADE · Status: effective

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15 U.S.C. § 242, Duty of United States attorney to enforce law, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/440300
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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.

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