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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 33. Jurisdiction and venue of actions and offenses
The district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction
over all offenses against this chapter and of all suits of a civil
nature arising thereunder, whether the infraction complained of
shall have been committed within the territorial waters of the
United States or on board a vessel of the United States outside of
said waters. From the decrees and judgments of the district courts
in actions and suits arising under this chapter appeals shall be
allowed as provided by law in other cases. Criminal actions and
proceedings for a violation of the provisions of this chapter shall
be commenced and prosecuted in the district court for the district
within which the offense was committed, and when not committed
within any judicial district, then in the district court for the
district within which the offender may be found; and suits of a
civil nature may be commenced in the district court for any
district within which the defendant may be found and shall be
served with process.
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