12 USC § 1974 - Actions by United States; subpenas for witnesses
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identifier: "/us/usc/t12/s1974"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "12 USC § 1974 - Actions by United States; subpenas for witnesses"
title_number: 12
title_name: "BANKS AND BANKING"
section_number: "1974"
section_name: "Actions by United States; subpenas for witnesses"
chapter_number: 22
chapter_name: "TYING ARRANGEMENTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 91–607, title I, § 106(d), Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1767.)"
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# § 1974. Actions by United States; subpenas for witnesses
section 1972 of this title
In any action brought by or on behalf of the United States under , subpenas for witnesses may run into any district, but no writ of subpena may issue for witnesses living out of the district in which the court is held at a greater distance than one hundred miles from the place of holding the same without the prior permission of the trial court upon proper application and cause shown.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 91–607, title I, § 106(d), Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1767.)