Federal · Title 12 — Banks and Banking

12 U.S.C. § 4641: Subpoena authority

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to administer oaths and affirmations; to take and preserve testimony under oath; to issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum; and to revoke, quash, or modify subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum. The attendance of witnesses and the production of documents provided for in this section may be required from any place in any State or in any territory or other place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States at any designated place where such proceeding is being conducted. The Director, or any party to proceedings under this subchapter, may apply to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, or the United States district court for the judicial district of the United States in any territory in which such proceeding is being conducted, or where the witness resides or carries on business, for enforcement of any subpoena or subpoena duces tecum issued pursuant to this section. The courts described under paragraph (1) shall have the jurisdiction and power to order and require compliance with any subpoena issued under paragraph (1). Witnesses subpoenaed under this section shall be paid the same fees and mileage that are paid witnesses in the district courts of the United States. Any court having jurisdiction of any proceeding instituted under this section by an regulated entity enterprise-affiliated party 1 may allow to any such party such reasonable expenses and attorneys fees as the court deems just and proper. Such expenses and fees shall be paid by the regulated entity or from its assets. 1 So in original. attend court; testify in court; answer any lawful inquiry; or produce books, papers, correspondence, contracts, agreements, or such other records as requested in the subpoena.

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