19 U.S.C. § 1486 — Administration of oaths; verification of documents
submitted 96 years ago by ch. 497 to r/title-19-CUSTOMS-DUTIES · 227 words · no verdicts yet
Specified customs officers and certain postmasters may administer customs oaths without compensation. The Secretary may allow written verification instead of an oath.
(a) Customs officers. These persons may administer oaths required or authorized by law or regulation about matters before them in their official duties: (1) a customs officer appointed by the President; (2) that officer’s chief assistant, or a customs field-service officer or employee designated by that officer or the Secretary of the Treasury; and (3) a United States Customs Service officer or employee designated by the Secretary. (b) Postmasters. At a post office without customs officers, the postmaster or assistant postmaster may administer oaths for statements in customs documents by importers of goods sent through the mail when the goods are worth no more than $100. (c) No compensation. No one may demand or accept a fee for administering an oath under this section. (d) Verification instead of oath. The Secretary may by regulation allow a document required under a Customs Service law to be verified by a written declaration in the form the Secretary prescribes, instead of the oath.
The following officers and employees may administer any oaths required or authorized by law or regulations promulgated thereunder in respect of any matter coming before such officers or employees in the performance of their official duties: (1) Any customs officer appointed by the President; (2) the chief assistant of any such officer, or any officer or employee of the customs field service designated for the purpose by such officer or by the Secretary of the Treasury; and (3) any officer or employee of the United States Customs Service designated for the purpose by the Secretary of the Treasury.
The postmaster or assistant postmaster of the United States at any post office where customs officers are not stationed, is authorized to administer any oaths required to be made to statements in customs documents by importers of merchandise, not exceeding $100 in value, through the mails.
No compensation or fee shall be demanded or accepted for administering any oath under the provisions of this section.
The Secretary of the Treasury may by regulation prescribe that any document required by any law administered by the Customs Service to be under oath may be verified by a written declaration in such form as he shall prescribe, such declaration to be in lieu of the oath otherwise required.
Source credit: (June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 486, 46 Stat. 725; Aug. 8, 1953, ch. 397, § 17, 67 Stat. 517.)
- 1930Enacted · Act of June 17, 1930, ch. 497 · 46 Stat. 725
- 1953Amended · Act of Aug. 8, 1953, ch. 397 · 67 Stat. 517
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 497 on 1930-06-17.
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