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title: "28 U.S.C. § 512"
description: "Attorney General to advise heads of executive departments"
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title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
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section: "512"
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# 28 U.S.C. § 512 - Attorney General to advise heads of executive departments
## Text
The head of an executive department may require the opinion of the Attorney General on questions of law arising in the administration of his department.
(Added Pub. L. 89554, § 4(c), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 613.)
## Notes
Historical and Revision Notes DerivationU.S. CodeRevised Statutes andStatutes at Large  5 U.S.C. 304.R.S. § 356.