22 U.S.C. § 4202 — Exaction of excessive fees for verification of invoices; penalty
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This section treats the invoice-verification fee as full payment for the related forms and certification work. It imposes imprisonment, a fine, and removal from office on a consular officer who improperly charges or receives extra fees or rewards.
The fee provided by law for the verification of invoices by consular officers must, when paid, be held to be a full payment for furnishing blank forms of declaration to be signed by the shipper, and for making, signing, and sealing the certificate of the consular officer thereto; and any consular officer who, under pretense of charging for blank forms, advice, or clerical services in the preparation of that declaration or certificate, charges or receives any fee greater in amount than that provided by law for the verification of invoices, or who demands or receives for any official services, or who allows any clerk or subordinate to receive for any that service, any fee or reward other than the fee provided by law for that service, must be punishable by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine of not more than $2,000, and must be removed from his office.
The fee provided by law for the verification of invoices by consular officers shall, when paid, be held to be a full payment for furnishing blank forms of declaration to be signed by the shipper, and for making, signing, and sealing the certificate of the consular officer thereto; and any consular officer who, under pretense of charging for blank forms, advice, or clerical services in the preparation of such declaration or certificate, charges or receives any fee greater in amount than that provided by law for the verification of invoices, or who demands or receives for any official services, or who allows any clerk or subordinate to receive for any such service, any fee or reward other than the fee provided by law for such service, shall be punishable by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine of not more than $2,000, and shall be removed from his office.
Source credit: (R.S. § 1716.)
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