§ 262. — Duty to observe standard time of zones.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC262]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 6--WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND STANDARD TIME
SUBCHAPTER IX--STANDARD TIME
Sec. 262. Duty to observe standard time of zones
Within the respective zones created under the authority of sections
261 to 264 of this title the standard time of the zone shall insofar as
practicable (as determined by the Secretary of Transportation) govern
the movement of all common carriers engaged in interstate or foreign
commerce. In all statutes, orders, rules, and regulations relating to
the time of performance of any act by any officer or department of the
United States, whether in the legislative, executive, or judicial
branches of the Government, or relating to the time within which any
rights shall accrue or determine, or within which any act shall or shall
not be performed by any person subject to the jurisdiction of the United
States, it shall be understood and intended that the time shall insofar
as practicable (as determined by the Secretary of Transportation) be the
United States standard time of the zone within which the act is to be
performed.
(Mar. 19, 1918, ch. 24, Sec. 2, 40 Stat. 451; Pub. L. 89-387, Sec. 4(b),
Apr. 13, 1966, 80 Stat. 108; Pub. L. 97-449, Sec. 2(c), Jan. 12, 1983,
96 Stat. 2439.)
Amendments
1983--Pub. L. 97-449 substituted ``Secretary of Transportation'' for
``Interstate Commerce Commission''.
1966--Pub. L. 89-387 inserted ``insofar as practicable (as
determined by the Interstate Commerce Commission)'' in two places and
substituted ``engaged in interstate or foreign commerce'' for ``engaged
in commerce between the several States or between a State and any one of
the Territories of the United States, or between a State or the
Territory of Alaska and any one of the insular possessions of the United
States or any foreign country''.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 260, 260a, 261, 266, 267 of
this title.
