Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73not60

§242 Duty of United States Attorney to Enforce Law

Title 15 › Chapter 6— WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND STANDARD TIME › Subchapter VI— STANDARD BARRELS › § 242

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

A U.S. attorney must bring charges in federal court when given good evidence of violations of sections 237–242.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §242

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It shall be the duty of each United States attorney, to whom satisfactory evidence of any violation of sections 237 to 242 of this title is presented, to cause appropriate proceedings to be commenced and prosecuted in the United States court having jurisdiction of such offense.

Legislative History

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Change of Name

Act June 25, 1948, eff. Sept. 1, 1948, substituted “United States attorney” for “district attorney”. See section 541 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

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Citation

15 U.S.C. § 242

Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

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