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[84 STAT. 1005]
PUBLIC LAW 91-000—MMMM. DD, 1970
[84 STAT. 1005]

84 STAT.]

PUBLIC LAW 91-468-OCT. 19, 1970

tion specified in the notice of charges has been established, the Administrator may issue and serve upon the credit union an order to cease and desist from any such practice or violation. Such order may, b j provisions which may be mandatory or otherwise, require the credit union and its directors, officers, committee members, employees, and agents to cease and desist from the same and, further, to take affirmative action to correct the conditions resulting from any such practice or violation. "(2) A cease-and-desist order shall become effective at the expiration of thirty days after service of such order upon the credit union concerned (except in the case of a cease-and-desist order issued upon consent, which shall become effective at the time specified therein) and shall remain effective and enforceable except to such extent as it is stayed, modifid, terminated, or set aside by action of the Administrator or a reviewing court. " (f)(1) Whenever the Administrator shall determine that the unsafe or unsound practice or practices or violation or threatened violation specified in the notice of charges served upon the credit union pursuant to subsection (e)(1) of this section, or the continuation thereof, is likely to cause insolvency or substantial dissipation of assets or earnings of the credit union, or is likely to otherwise seriously prejudice the interests of its insured members, the Administrator may issue a temporary order requiring the credit union to cease and desist from any such practice or violation. Such order shall become effective upon service upon the credit union and, unless set aside, limited, or suspended by a court in proceedings authorized by paragraph (2) of this subsection, shall remain effective and enforceable pending the completion of the administrative proceedings pursuant to such notice and until such time as the Administrator shall dismiss the charges specified in such notice or, if a cease-and-desist order is issued against the credit union, until the effective date of any such order, "(2) Within ten days after the credit union concerned has been served with a temporary cease-and-desist order, the credit union may apply to the United States district court for the judicial district in which the principal office of the credit union is located, or the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, for an injunction setting aside, limiting, or suspending the enforcement, operation, or effectiveness of such order pending the completion of the administrative proceedings pursuant to the notice of charges served upon the credit union under subsection (e)(1) of this section, and such court shall have jurisdiction to issue such injunction. " (3) In the case of violation or threatened violation of, or failure to obey, a temporary cease-and-desist order, the Administrator may apply to the United States district court, or the United States court of any territory, within the jurisdiction of which the principal office of the credit union is located for an injunction to enforce such order, and, if the court shall determine that there has been such violation or threatened violation or failure to obey, it shall be the duty of the court to issue such injunction. " (g)(1) Whenever, in the opinion of the Administrator, any director, officer, or committee member of an insured credit union has committed any violation of law, rule, or regulation, or of a cease-anddesist order which has become final, or has engaged or participated in any unsafe or unsound practice in connection with the credit union, or has committed or engaged in any act, omission, or practice which constitutes a breach of his fiduciary duty as such director, officer, or committee member and the Administrator determines that the credit union

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Temporary cease-and-desist order.

Injunctive procedure.

Director, officer, committee member, removal.