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[USC10] 28 USC 1406: Cure or waiver of defects
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28 USC 1406: Cure or waiver of defects Text contains those laws in effect on December 9, 2018
(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 937 ; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, §81, 63 Stat. 101 ; Pub. L. 86–770, §1, Sept. 13, 1960, 74 Stat. 912 ; Pub. L. 87–845, §10, Oct. 18, 1962, 76A Stat. 699 ; Pub. L. 97–164, title I, §132, Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 39 ; Pub. L. 104–317, title VI, §610(b), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3860 .)
1996-Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104–317 amended subsec. (c) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (c) read as follows: "As used in this section, 'district court' includes the United States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone; and 'district' includes the territorial jurisdiction of that court."
1982-Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 97–164 redesignated subsec. (d) as (c). Former subsec. (c), which provided that if a case within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Claims were filed in a district court, the district court, if it were in the interest of justice, was required to transfer the case to the Court of Claims where the case would proceed as if it had been filed in the Court of Claims on the date that it was filed in the district court, was struck out.
1962-Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 87–845 added subsec. (d).
1960-Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 86–770 added subsec. (c).
1949-Subsec. (a). Act May 24, 1949, inserted "dismiss, or if it be in the interest of justice".
Pub. L. 86–770, §4, Sept. 13, 1960, 74 Stat. 913 , provided in part that: "The amendments made by sections 1 and 2 of this Act [adding subsec. (c) of this section and section 1506 of this title] shall apply to any case or proceeding pending on, or brought after, the date of enactment of this Act [Sept. 13, 1960] in the district courts or the Court of Claims."