§ 242. — Duty of United States attorney to enforce law.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC242]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 6--WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND STANDARD TIME
SUBCHAPTER VI--STANDARD BARRELS
Sec. 242. Duty of United States attorney to enforce law
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.
(Aug. 23, 1916, ch. 396, Sec. 6, 39 Stat. 531; June 25, 1948, ch. 646,
Sec. 1, 62 Stat. 909.)
Change of Name
Act June 25, 1948, eff. Sept. 1, 1948, substituted ``United States
attorney'' for ``district attorney''. See section 541 of Title 28,
Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 240, 241 of this title.
