12 USC § 2263 - Enforcement of temporary cease and desist orders

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identifier: "/us/usc/t12/s2263"
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title: "12 USC § 2263 - Enforcement of temporary cease and desist orders"
title_number: 12
title_name: "BANKS AND BANKING"
section_number: "2263"
section_name: "Enforcement of temporary cease and desist orders"
chapter_number: 23
chapter_name: "FARM CREDIT SYSTEM"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION ORGANIZATION"
part_number: "C"
part_name: "Enforcement Powers of Farm Credit Administration"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 92–181, title V, § 5.27, as added Pub. L. 99–205, title II, § 204, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1696.)"
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# § 2263. Enforcement of temporary cease and desist orders

section 2262 of this title

In the case of violation or threatened violation of, or failure to obey, a temporary cease and desist order issued under , the Farm Credit Administration may apply to the United States district court, or the United States court of any territory, within the jurisdiction of which the home office of the institution is located, for an injunction to enforce such order, and, if the court shall determine that there has been such violation or threatened violation or failure to obey, it shall be the duty of the court to issue such injunction.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 92–181, title V, § 5.27, as added Pub. L. 99–205, title II, § 204, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1696.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 5.27 of , which amended  and sections 5314 and 5315 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, was renumbered section 5.41.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective thirty days after , see , set out as an Effective Date of 1985 Amendment note under .