18 U.S.C. § 551 — Concealing or destroying invoices or other papers

submitted 78 years ago by ch. 645 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 73 words · no verdicts yet

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A person who deliberately hides or destroys certain import records after a customs collector demands their inspection commits an offense. The same applies when the person hides or destroys them to suppress evidence of fraud.

A person who deliberately hides or destroys an invoice, book, or paper about merchandise imported into the United States after a collector of a collection district demands its inspection may be fined under this title, imprisoned for up to two years, or both. The same penalty applies to a person who hides or destroys such a record at any time to suppress evidence of fraud contained in it.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

Whoever willfully conceals or destroys any invoice, book, or paper relating to any merchandise imported into the United States, after an inspection thereof has been demanded by the collector of any collection district; or

Whoever conceals or destroys at any time any such invoice, book, or paper for the purpose of suppressing any evidence of fraud therein contained—

Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.

Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 718; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 645 · 62 Stat. 718
1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2147

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