§ 6762. — Specific enforcement.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC6762]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 75--CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION IMPLEMENTATION
SUBCHAPTER IV--ENFORCEMENT
Sec. 6762. Specific enforcement
(a) Jurisdiction
The district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction
over civil actions to--
(1) restrain any violation of section 6726 or 6745 of this
title; and
(2) compel the taking of any action required by or under this
chapter or the Convention.
(b) Civil actions
(1) In general
A civil action described in subsection (a) of this section may
be brought--
(A) in the case of a civil action described in subsection
(a)(1) of this section, in the United States district court for
the judicial district in which any act, omission, or transaction
constituting a violation of section 6726 or 6745 of this title
occurred or in which the defendant is found or transacts
business; or
(B) in the case of a civil action described in subsection
(a)(2) of this section, in the United States district court for
the judicial district in which the defendant is found or
transacts business.
(2) Service of process
In any such civil action process may be served on a defendant
wherever the defendant may reside or may be found, whether the
defendant resides or may be found within the United States or
elsewhere.
(Pub. L. 105-277, div. I, title V, Sec. 502, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat.
2681-885.)
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a)(2), was in the original
``this Act'' and was translated as reading ``this division'', meaning
div. I of Pub. L. 105-277, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681-856, known as
the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act of 1998, to reflect
the probable intent of Congress. For complete classification of division
I to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 6701 of this
title and Tables.
