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# 18 U.S.C. § 3101 - Effect of rules of court—(Rule)

## Text

See Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Rules generally applicable throughout United States, Rule 54. Acts of Congress superseded, Rule 41(g).

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 819.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

References in TextRule 41(g), referred to in text, was relettered 41(h) by 1972 amendment eff. Oct. 1, 1972.