19 U.S.C. § 2078 — Certification of reason for advance
submitted 98 years ago by ch. 266 to r/title-19-CUSTOMS-DUTIES · 56 words · no verdicts yet
A certificate from the Commissioner of Customs stating the amount of a confidential advance expenditure and why details or a receipt cannot be provided is enough to support that expenditure.
A certificate by the Commissioner of Customs 1 stating the amount of an expenditure made from funds advanced and certifying that the confidential nature of the transaction involved renders it inadvisable to specify the details thereof or impracticable to furnish the payee’s receipt must be a sufficient voucher for the sum expressed to have been expended.
A certificate by the Commissioner of Customs 1 stating the amount of an expenditure made from funds advanced and certifying that the confidential nature of the transaction involved renders it inadvisable to specify the details thereof or impracticable to furnish the payee’s receipt shall be a sufficient voucher for the sum expressed to have been expended.
Source credit: (Mar. 28, 1928, ch. 266, § 3, as added Aug. 7, 1939, ch. 566, § 1, 53 Stat. 1263; amended Pub. L. 91–513, title III, § 1102(n)(2), Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1293; Pub. L. 114–125, title VIII, § 802(d)(2), Feb. 24, 2016, 130 Stat. 210.)
- 1928Enacted · Act of Mar. 28, 1928, ch. 266 · 53 Stat. 1263
- 1970Amended · Pub. L. 91-513 · 84 Stat. 1293
- 2016Amended · Pub. L. 114-125 · 130 Stat. 210
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 266 on 1928-03-28.
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