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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 401. Enforcement provisions
(a) Jurisdiction
The district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction,
upon application of the Attorney General of the United States at
the request of the Commission, alleging a failure to comply with or
a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter by any person,
to issue a writ or writs of mandamus commanding such person to
comply with the provisions of this chapter.
(b) Orders of Commission
If any person fails or neglects to obey any order of the
Commission other than for the payment of money, while the same is
in effect, the Commission or any party injured thereby, or the
United States, by its Attorney General, may apply to the
appropriate district court of the United States for the enforcement
of such order. If, after hearing, that court determines that the
order was regularly made and duly served, and that the person is in
disobedience of the same, the court shall enforce obedience to such
order by a writ of injunction or other proper process, mandatory or
otherwise, to restrain such person or the officers, agents, or
representatives of such person, from further disobedience of such
order, or to enjoin upon it or them obedience to the same.
(c) Duty to prosecute
Upon the request of the Commission it shall be the duty of any
United States attorney to whom the Commission may apply to
institute in the proper court and to prosecute under the direction
of the Attorney General of the United States all necessary
proceedings for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter
and for the punishment of all violations thereof, and the costs and
expenses of such prosecutions shall be paid out of the
appropriations for the expenses of the courts of the United States.
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