§ 146a. — Jurisdiction of suits by or against China Trade Act corporation.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC146a]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 4--CHINA TRADE
Sec. 146a. Jurisdiction of suits by or against China Trade Act
corporation
The Federal district courts shall have exclusive original
jurisdiction of all suits to which a China Trade Act corporation, or a
stockholder, director, or officer thereof in his capacity as such, is a
party. Suit against the corporation may be brought in the United States
District Court for the District of Columbia or in the Federal district
court for any district in which the corporation has an agent and is
engaged in doing business.
(Sept. 19, 1922, ch. 346, Sec. 20(a), formerly Sec. 20, 42 Stat. 855;
renumbered Sec. 20(a), Feb. 26, 1925, ch. 345, Sec. 10, 43 Stat. 996;
June 25, 1936, ch. 804, 49 Stat. 1921; Treaty of Jan. 11, 1943, 57 Stat.
767; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, Sec. 32(a), 62 Stat. 991; May 24, 1949, ch.
139, Sec. 127, 63 Stat. 107.)
Codification
Section comprises subsec. (a) of section 20 of act Sept. 19, 1922,
as amended by act Feb. 26, 1925. Subsec. (b) of section 20 is classified
to section 160 of this title.
In the first sentence, the words ``(except as provided by the Act
entitled `An Act creating a United States Court for China and
prescribing the jurisdiction thereof,' approved June 30, 1906, as
amended)'' have been omitted because that Act (formerly classified to
sections 191 to 197, 199, 200, and 202 of Title 22, Foreign Relations
and Intercourse) was repealed by act June 25, 1948, ch. 646, Sec. 39, 62
Stat. 992, eff. Sept. 1, 1948.
The provision in the second sentence that suits against the China
Trade Act corporation might also be brought in the United States Court
for China was omitted as that court is no longer in operation. By the
treaty of Jan. 11, 1943, between the United States and China, the United
States relinquished extraterritorial rights in China. See Codification
note set out under section 142 of this title.
Section was formerly classified to section 53 of Title 28 prior to
the general revision and enactment of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial
Procedure, by act June 25, 1948, ch. 646, Sec. 1, 62 Stat. 869.
Change of Name
Act June 25, 1948, eff. Sept. 1, 1948, as amended by act May 24,
1949, substituted ``United States District Court for the District of
Columbia'' for ``district court of the United States for the District of
Columbia''.
Act June 25, 1936, changed name of ``Supreme Court of the District
of Columbia'' to ``district court of the United States for the District
of Columbia''.
