§ 290i-7. — Jurisdiction of United States courts.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC290i-7]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 7--INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
SUBCHAPTER XXIV--AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
Sec. 290i-7. Jurisdiction of United States courts
For the purposes 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 within the United States or its
agent appointed for the purpose of accepting service or notice of
service 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 defendant in any action in a State
court, it may at any time before the trial thereof remove the action
into the appropriate district court of the United States by following
the procedure for removal provided in section 1446 of title 28.
(Pub. L. 97-35, title XIII, Sec. 1339, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 742.)
