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Title 21 United States Code (USC)
Controlled Substances Act

Section 969. Contempt Proceedings

In case of contumacy by, or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to, any person, the Secretary of the Treasury may invoke the aid of any court of the United States within the jurisdiction of which the investigation is carried on or of which the subpoenaed person is an inhabitant, carries on business or may be found, to compel compliance with the subpoena of the Secretary of the Treasury. The court may issue an order requiring the subpoenaed person to appear before the Secretary of the Treasury there to produce records, if so ordered, or to give testimony touching the matter under investigation. Any failure to obey the order of the court may be punished by the court as a contempt thereof. All process in any such case may be served in the judicial district whereof the subpoenaed person is an inhabitant or wherever he may be found.

(Aug. 11, 1955, c. 800, Section 3, 69 Stat. 685.)

EDITORIAL NOTES

Codification. This section was formerly classified to section 1036 of Title 31 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 31, Money and Finance, by Pub.L. 97-258, Section 1, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 877.

Section was also formerly classified to section 198c of this title.

Section was not enacted as part of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (Pub.L. 91-513, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1236) which comprises this chapter.

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Title 21 United States Code (USC) Controlled Substances Act

Section 969. Contempt Proceedings

Title 21 United States Code (USC)
Controlled Substances Act