Historical and Revision Notes

Revised

Section

Source (U.S. Code)

Source (Statutes at Large)

30907(a)

46 App.:743 (1st, 4th sentences).

Mar. 9, 1920, ch. 95, § 3 (1st, 4th–6th sentences), 41 Stat. 526.

30907(b)

46 App.:743 (5th, 6th sentences).

In subsection (a), the text of 46 App. U.S.C. 743 (4th sentence) is omitted as unnecessary.

In subsection (b)(1)(A), the words “plaintiff” and “complaint” are substituted for “libelant” and “libel”, respectively, for consistency with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (28 App. U.S.C.).

In subsection (b)(2), the words “in any proper case” are omitted as unnecessary.