§ 217. — Injunction proceedings.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 29USC217]
TITLE 29--LABOR
CHAPTER 8--FAIR LABOR STANDARDS
Sec. 217. Injunction proceedings
The district courts, together with the United States District Court
for the District of the Canal Zone, the District Court of the Virgin
Islands, and the District Court of Guam shall have jurisdiction, for
cause shown, to restrain violations of section 215 of this title,
including in the case of violations of section 215(a)(2) of this title
the restraint of any withholding of payment of minimum wages or overtime
compensation found by the court to be due to employees under this
chapter (except sums which employees are barred from recovering, at the
time of the commencement of the action to restrain the violations, by
virtue of the provisions of section 255 of this title).
(June 25, 1938, ch. 676, Sec. 17, 52 Stat. 1069; Oct. 26, 1949, ch. 736,
Sec. 15, 63 Stat. 919; Pub. L. 85-231, Sec. 1(3), Aug. 30, 1957, 71
Stat. 514; Pub. L. 86-624, Sec. 21(c), July 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 417; Pub.
L. 87-30, Sec. 12(b), May 5, 1961, 75 Stat. 74.)
Amendments
1961--Pub. L. 87-30 substituted ``, including in the case of
violations of section 215(a)(2) of this title the restraint of any
withholding of payment of minimum wages or overtime compensation found
by the court to be due to employees under this chapter (except sums
which employees are barred from recovering, at the time of the
commencement of the action to restrain the violations, by virtue of the
provisions of section 255 of this title'' for ``: Provided, That no
court shall have jurisdiction, in any action brought by the
Administrator to restrain such violations, to order the payment to
employees of unpaid minimum wages or unpaid overtime compensation or an
additional equal amount as liquidated damages in such action''.
1960--Pub. L. 86-624 struck out reference to the District Court for
Territory of Alaska.
1957--Pub. L. 85-231 included the District Court of Guam within the
enumeration of courts having jurisdiction of injunction proceedings.
1949--Act Oct. 26, 1949, included a more precise description of
United States courts having jurisdiction to restrain violations and
inserted proviso denying jurisdiction to order payment of unpaid minimum
wages, overtime, and liquidated damages in injunction proceedings.
Effective Date of 1961 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 87-30 effective upon expiration of one hundred
and twenty days after May 5, 1961, except as otherwise provided, see
section 14 of Pub. L. 87-30, set out as a note under section 203 of this
title.
Effective Date of 1957 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 85-231 effective upon expiration of ninety days
from Aug. 30, 1957, see section 2 of Pub. L. 85-231, set out as a note
under section 213 of this title.
Effective Date of 1949 Amendment
Amendment by act Oct. 26, 1949, effective ninety days after Oct. 26,
1949, see section 16(a) of act Oct. 26, 1949, set out as a note under
section 202 of this title.
Termination of United States District Court for the District of the
Canal Zone
For termination of the United States District Court for the District
of the Canal Zone at end of the ``transition period'', being the 30-
month period beginning Oct. 1, 1979, and ending midnight Mar. 31, 1982,
see Paragraph 5 of Article XI of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 and
sections 2101 and 2201 to 2203 of Pub. L. 96-70, title II, Sept. 27,
1979, 93 Stat. 493, formerly classified to sections 3831 and 3841 to
3843, respectively, of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.
Transfer of Functions
Functions relating to enforcement and administration of equal pay
provisions vested by this section in Secretary of Labor transferred to
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission by Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1978,
Sec. 1, 43 F.R. 19807, 92 Stat. 3781, set out in the Appendix to Title
5, Government Organization and Employees, effective Jan. 1, 1979, as
provided by section 1-101 of Ex. Ord. No. 12106, Dec. 28, 1978, 44 F.R.
1053.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 212, 216, 626 of this title.