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21 USC Sec. 878 01/22/02
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TITLE 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS
CHAPTER 13 - DRUG ABUSE
PREVENTION AND CONTROL
SUBCHAPTER I - CONTROL
AND ENFORCEMENT
Part E - Administrative
and Enforcement Provisions
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Sec. 878. Powers of enforcement
personnel
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(a) Any officer or employee
of the Drug Enforcement Administration or any State or local law enforcement
officer designated by the Attorney General may -
(1) carry firearms;
(2) execute and serve search
warrants, arrest warrants, administrative
inspection warrants, subpenas, and summonses issued
under the authority of the United States;
(3) make arrests without
warrant (A) for any offense against the
United States committed in his presence, or (B) for any felony,
cognizable under the laws of the United States, if he has probable
cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed
or is committing a felony;
(4) make seizures of property
pursuant to the provisions of this
subchapter; and
(5) perform such other law
enforcement duties as the Attorney General
may designate.
(b) State and local law enforcement
officers performing functions under
this section shall not be deemed Federal employees and shall not
be subject to provisions of law relating to Federal employees, except
that such officers shall be subject to section 3374(c) of title
5.
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(Pub. L. 91-513, title II,
Sec. 508, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1273; Pub.
L. 96-132, Sec. 16(b), Nov. 30, 1979, 93 Stat. 1049; Pub. L. 99-570,
title I, Sec. 1869, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207-55; Pub. L.
99-646, Sec. 86, Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3620.)
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AMENDMENTS
1986 - Pub. L. 99-570 and
Pub. L. 99-646 amended section substantially identically designating
existing provisions as subsec. (a) and adding subsec. (b), with the
exception of the amendment
of subsec. (a) for which Pub. L. 99-570 directed the insertion
of ''or (with respect to offenses under this subchapter or
subchapter II of this chapter) any State or local law enforcement
officer'' and Pub. L. 99-646 directed the insertion of ''or
any State or local law enforcement officer'', the latter of which
was executed to reflect the probable intent of Congress. 1979
- Pub. L. 96-132 substituted ''Drug Enforcement Administration''
for ''Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs''.
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