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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 201. Penalties; how recovered
All penalties which shall accrue under title 28 of the Revised
Statutes shall be sued for and recovered in an action in the nature
of an action of debt, in the name of the United States, before any
court having jurisdiction of the same, in any State or Territory in
which the defendant shall be arrested or found, the one half to the
use of the informer and the other half to the use of the United
States, except when the prosecution shall be first instituted on
behalf of the United States, in which case the whole shall be to
their use.
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