§ 160. — Maintenance of agent for service.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC160]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 4--CHINA TRADE
Sec. 160. Maintenance of agent for service
Every China Trade Act corporation shall maintain in the District of
Columbia a person as its accredited agent, upon whom legal process may
be served, in any suit to be brought in the United States District Court
for the District of Columbia, and who is authorized to enter an
appearance in its behalf. In the event of the death or inability to
serve, or the resignation or removal, of such person, such corporation
shall, within such time as the Secretary by regulation prescribes,
appoint a successor. Such corporation shall file with the Secretary a
certified copy of each power of attorney appointing a person under this
section, and a certified copy of the written consent of each person so
appointed.
(Sept. 19, 1922, ch. 346, Sec. 20(b), as added Feb. 26, 1925, ch. 345,
Sec. 10, 43 Stat. 996; June 25, 1936, ch. 804, 49 Stat. 1921; 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. (b) of section 20 of act Sept. 19, 1922,
as added by act Feb. 26, 1925. Subsec. (a) of section 20 is classified
to section 146a of this title.
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''.
