15 USC § 1339 - Injunction proceedings

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title: "15 USC § 1339 - Injunction proceedings"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "1339"
section_name: "Injunction proceedings"
chapter_number: 36
chapter_name: "CIGARETTE LABELING AND ADVERTISING"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–92, § 11, formerly § 10, July 27, 1965, 79 Stat. 284; Pub. L. 91–222, § 2, Apr. 1, 1970, 84 Stat. 89; renumbered § 11, Pub. L. 98–474, § 5(a), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2203.)"
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# § 1339. Injunction proceedings

The several district courts of the United States are invested with jurisdiction, for cause shown, to prevent and restrain violations of this chapter upon the application of the Attorney General of the United States acting through the several United States attorneys in their several districts.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–92, § 11, formerly § 10, July 27, 1965, 79 Stat. 284; Pub. L. 91–222, § 2, Apr. 1, 1970, 84 Stat. 89; renumbered § 11, Pub. L. 98–474, § 5(a), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2203.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Two prior sections 11 of  were renumbered section 12 by  and are classified to  and as an Effective Date note under .

### Amendments

1970— substituted provision that the several district courts are invested with jurisdiction in injunction proceedings, for provisions that regulation of advertising terminate on , but that such termination shall not be construed as limiting, expanding or otherwise affecting such jurisdiction which Federal Trade Commission or other federal agencies had prior to .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1970 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , except where otherwise specified, see , set out in part as a note under .