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# 18 U.S.C. § 3734 - Bill of exceptions abolished—(Rule)

## Text

See Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Exceptions abolished, Rule 51. Bill of exceptions not required, Rule 37(a)(1).

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 845.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

References in TextRule 37 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure was abrogated Dec. 4, 1967, eff. July 1, 1968, and is covered by Rule 3, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, set out in the Appendix to Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.