§ 1466. — Administration of oaths, affirmations, etc., by employees of Division of Investigations; force and effect.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC1466]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 31--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Sec. 1466. Administration of oaths, affirmations, etc., by
employees of Division of Investigations; force and effect
Special agents and such other employees of the Division of
Investigations, Department of the Interior of the United States, as are
designated by the Secretary of the Interior for that purpose, are
authorized and empowered to administer to or take from any person an
oath, affirmation, affidavit, or deposition whenever necessary in the
performance of their official duties. Any such oath, affirmation,
affidavit, or deposition administered or taken by or before a special
agent or such other employee of the Division of Investigations,
Department of the Interior, designated by the Secretary of the Interior,
when certified under his hand, shall have like force and effect as if
administered or taken before an officer having a seal.
(Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 878, 54 Stat. 1175.)
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 498 of Title 5 prior to
the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization
and Employees, by Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies
of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of
the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950,
Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out
under section 1451 of this title.
