18 U.S.C. § 3331 Summoning and Term

• Library: United States Statutes
• Edition: 2023 Edition
• Currency: Current through P.L. 118-19 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/06/2023)

(a) In addition to such other grand juries as shall be called...

(b) If a district court within any judicial circuit fails to extend the term of a special grand jury or enters an order for the discharge of such grand jury before such grand jury determines that it has completed its business, the grand jury, upon the affirmative vote of a majority of its members, may apply to the chief judge of the circuit for an order for the continuance of the term of the grand jury. Upon the making of such an application by the grand jury, the term thereof shall continue until the entry upon such application by the chief judge of the circuit of an appropriate order. No special grand jury term so extended shall exceed thirty-six months, except as provided in subsection (e) of section 3333 of this chapter.

Cite as 18 U.S.C. § 3331

Source: Added Pub. L. 91-452, title I, §101(a), Oct. 15, 1970, 84 Stat. 923; amended Pub. L. 100-690, title VII, §7020(d), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4396.

Notes from the Office of Law Revision Counsel

current through 5/22/2023

EDITORIAL NOTES

AMENDMENTS

1988-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100-690 inserted ", the Associate Attorney General" after "Deputy Attorney General".