§ 1693. — Place of arrest in civil action.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 28USC1693]
TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
PART V--PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 113--PROCESS
Sec. 1693. Place of arrest in civil action
Except as otherwise provided by Act of Congress, no person shall be
arrested in one district for trial in another in any civil action in a
district court.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 945.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 112 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch.
231, Sec. 51, 36 Stat. 1101; Sept. 19, 1922, ch. 345, 42 Stat. 849; Mar.
4, 1925, ch. 526, Sec. 1, 43 Stat. 1264; Apr. 16, 1936, ch. 230, 49
Stat. 1213).
Venue provisions of section 112 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed.,
appear in sections 1391 and 1401 of this title. Other provisions are
incorporated in section 1695 of this title.
The exception at the beginning of the section was substituted for
``Except as provided in sections 113-117 of this title.''
Changes were made in phraseology.
