§ 285f. — Jurisdiction and venue of actions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC285f]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 7--INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
SUBCHAPTER XIV--ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
Sec. 285f. Jurisdiction and venue of actions
For the purpose of any civil action which may be brought within the
United States, its territories or possessions, or the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, by or against the Bank in accordance with the agreement,
the Bank shall be deemed to be an inhabitant of the Federal judicial
district in which its principal office or agency in the United States is
located, and any such action to which the Bank shall be a party shall be
deemed to arise under the laws of the United States, and the district
courts of the United States, including the courts enumerated in section
460 of title 28, shall have original jurisdiction of any such action.
When the Bank is a defendant in any action in a State court, it may, at
any time before the trial thereof, remove such action into the district
court of the United States for the proper district by following the
procedure for removal of causes otherwise provided by law.
(Pub. L. 89-369, Sec. 8, Mar. 16, 1966, 80 Stat. 72.)
