§ 201. — Penalties; how recovered.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC201]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 5--PROTECTION OF INDIANS
Sec. 201. Penalties; how recovered
All penalties which shall accrue under title 28 of the Revised
Statutes shall be sued for and recovered in an action in the nature of
an action of debt, in the name of the United States, before any court
having jurisdiction of the same, in any State or Territory in which the
defendant shall be arrested or found, the one half to the use of the
informer and the other half to the use of the United States, except when
the prosecution shall be first instituted on behalf of the United
States, in which case the whole shall be to their use.
(R.S. Sec. 2124.)
References in Text
Title 28 of the Revised Statutes, referred to in text, was in the
original ``this Title'', meaning title 28 of the Revised Statutes,
consisting of R.S. Secs. 2039 to 2157. For complete classification of
R.S. Secs. 2039 to 2157 to the Code, see Tables.
Codification
R.S. Sec. 2124 derived from act June 30, 1834, ch. 161, Sec. 27, 4
Stat. 733.
