§ 33. — Jurisdiction and venue of actions and offenses.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 47USC33]
TITLE 47--TELEGRAPHS, TELEPHONES, AND RADIOTELEGRAPHS
CHAPTER 2--SUBMARINE CABLES
Sec. 33. Jurisdiction and venue of actions and offenses
The district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction
over all offenses against this chapter and of all suits of a civil
nature arising thereunder, whether the infraction complained of shall
have been committed within the territorial waters of the United States
or on board a vessel of the United States outside of said waters. From
the decrees and judgments of the district courts in actions and suits
arising under this chapter appeals shall be allowed as provided by law
in other cases. Criminal actions and proceedings for a violation of the
provisions of this chapter shall be commenced and prosecuted in the
district court for the district within which the offense was committed,
and when not committed within any judicial district, then in the
district court for the district within which the offender may be found;
and suits of a civil nature may be commenced in the district court for
any district within which the defendant may be found and shall be served
with process.
(Feb. 29, 1888, ch. 17, Sec. 13, 25 Stat. 42; Jan. 31, 1928, ch. 14,
Sec. 1, 45 Stat. 54.)
Codification
Words ``and writs of error'' after ``appeals'' deleted in view of
section 1 of act Jan. 31, 1928, which abolished writs of error and
provided for similar relief by appeal.
