28 USC § 606 - Duties of Deputy Director

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title: "28 USC § 606 - Duties of Deputy Director"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "606"
section_name: "Duties of Deputy Director"
chapter_number: 41
chapter_name: "ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF UNITED STATES COURTS"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "COURT OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
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source_credit: "(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 915; Pub. L. 86–370, § 5(a)(1), Sept. 23, 1959, 73 Stat. 652.)"
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# § 606. Duties of Deputy Director

The Deputy Director shall perform the duties assigned to him by the Director, and shall act as Director during the absence or incapacity of the Director or when the Director’s office is vacant.

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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 915; Pub. L. 86–370, § 5(a)(1), Sept. 23, 1959, 73 Stat. 652.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 444 (, as added , ).

This section contains provisions as to duties of Assistant Director in , U.S.C., 1940 ed. The remainder of said section 444 is incorporated in sections 601, 603 and 608 of this title.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1959— substituted “Deputy Director” for “Assistant Director”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1959 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see .

### Reference to Assistant Director Deemed Reference to Deputy Director

References in any other law to Assistant Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts deemed to be reference to the Deputy Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, see note set out under .