Annual edition
Pub. L. 88–619 amended section generally, and among other changes, authorized the court to order a person to show cause for failing to produce a document or other thing in subsec. (a), provided that a copy of the order to show cause shall be served in accordance with section 1783(b) of this title, and struck out provisions requiring the marshal making levy or seizure to forward to any United States consul in the country where the witness may be, a copy of the order and a request for its personal service, and to cause publication of the order in the district where the issuing court sits, in subsec. (c), and struck out provisions in subsec. (d) permitting any judgment rendered upon service by publication only to be opened for answer within one year.
Source credit
Pub. L. 88–619, § 11, Oct. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 998.
Jun 25, 1948 – Oct 3, 1964
Enacted · full text not held
Source credit
June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 949
