§ 924. — Witnesses.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC924]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 18--LONGSHORE AND HARBOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION
Sec. 924. Witnesses
No person shall be required to attend as a witness in any proceeding
before a deputy commissioner at a place outside of the State of his
residence and more than one hundred miles from his place of residence,
unless his lawful mileage and fee for one day's attendance shall be
first paid or tendered to him; but the testimony of any witness may be
taken by deposition or interrogatories according to the rules of
practice of the Federal district court for the judicial district in
which the case is pending (or of the United States District Court for
the District of Columbia if the case is pending in the District).
(Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 509, Sec. 24, 44 Stat. 1437; June 25, 1936, ch. 804,
49 Stat. 1921; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, Sec. 32(b), 62 Stat. 991; May 24,
1949, ch. 139, Sec. 127, 63 Stat. 107.)
Codification
As originally enacted, this section contained a reference to the
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Act June 25, 1936,
substituted ``the district court of the United States for the District
of Columbia'' for ``the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia'', and
act June 25, 1948, as amended by act May 24, 1949, substituted ``United
States District Court for the District of Columbia'' for ``district
court of the United States for the District of Columbia''.
