43 U.S.C. § 1466 — Administration of oaths, affirmations, etc., by employees of Division of Investigations; force and effect

FEDERAL · 43 U.S.C. · Chapter 31

Administration of oaths, affirmations, etc., by employees of Division of Investigations; force and effect

Current through Pub. L. 119-102

Title 43 — Public Lands·Ch. 31 — DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Special agents and such other employees of the Division of Investigations, Department of the Interior of the United States, as are designated by the Secretary of the Interior for that purpose, are authorized and empowered to administer to or take from any person an oath, affirmation, affidavit, or deposition whenever necessary in the performance of their official duties. Any such oath, affirmation, affidavit, or deposition administered or taken by or before a special agent or such other employee of the Division of Investigations, Department of the Interior, designated by the Secretary of the Interior, when certified under his hand, shall have like force and effect as if administered or taken before an officer having a seal.

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Special agents and such other employees of the Division of Investigations, Department of the Interior of the United States, as are designated by the Secretary of the Interior for that purpose, are authorized and empowered to administer to or take from any person an oath, affirmation, affidavit, or deposition whenever necessary in the performance of their official duties. Any such oath, affirmation, affidavit, or deposition administered or taken by or before a special agent or such other employee of the Division of Investigations, Department of the Interior, designated by the Secretary of the Interior, when certified under his hand, shall have like force and effect as if administered or taken before an officer having a seal.

43 U.S.C. § 1466 (Administration of oaths, affirmations, etc., by employees of Division of Investigations; force and effect) — published by Counsel Stack Legal Research, free access to 12M+ legal documents.

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History

(Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 878, 54 Stat. 1175.)

Editorial Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 498 of Title 5 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by Pub. L. 89–554, §1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out under section 1451 of this title.