7 USC § 2353 - Testimony in Plant Variety Protection Office cases

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s2353"
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title: "7 USC § 2353 - Testimony in Plant Variety Protection Office cases"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "2353"
section_name: "Testimony in Plant Variety Protection Office cases"
chapter_number: 57
chapter_name: "PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION OFFICE"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Legal Provisions as to the Plant Variety Protection Office"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 91–577, title I, § 23, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1544; Pub. L. 103–349, § 13(c), Oct. 6, 1994, 108 Stat. 3143.)"
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# § 2353. Testimony in Plant Variety Protection Office cases

The Secretary may establish regulations for taking affidavits, depositions, and other evidence required in cases before the Plant Variety Protection Office. Any officer authorized by law to take depositions to be used in the courts of the United States, or of the State where the officer resides, may take such affidavits and depositions, and swear the witnesses. If any person acts as a hearing officer by authority of the Secretary, the person shall have like power.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 91–577, title I, § 23, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1544; Pub. L. 103–349, § 13(c), Oct. 6, 1994, 108 Stat. 3143.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1994— substituted “the officer” for “he” in second sentence and “the person” for “he” in third sentence.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

Amendment by  effective 180 days after , see , set out as a note under .