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19 U.S.C. § 197 — Duties, how payable
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Import duties must generally be paid in ready money. Payment must be made in coin, coin certificates, or Treasury notes that the law allows for this purpose. Section 198 of this title provides an exception to this rule.
Except as provided in section 198 of this title, all duties owed on imports must be collected in ready money.
That money must be paid in coin, coin certificates, or such other certificates or Treasury notes as the law declares receivable for this purpose.
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Except as provided in section 198 of this title all duties upon imports shall be collected in ready money, and shall be paid in coin, coin certificates, and such other certificates or Treasury notes as may by law be declared receivable in payment thereof.
Source credit: (R.S. § 3009; Feb. 27, 1877, ch. 69, 19 Stat. 247, 249.)
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- 1877Enacted · Act of Feb. 27, 1877, ch. 69 · 19 Stat. 247, 249
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