42 U.S.C. § 272 — Administration of oaths by quarantine officers

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This law lets U.S. quarantine officers take oaths and declarations. Medical officers acting as quarantine officers at any American port can administer oaths. This applies to matters involving the nation's quarantine laws and regulations.

When a medical officer of the United States is performing duties as a quarantine officer at a port or place within the United States, that officer is authorized to take declarations and administer oaths. This authority applies only to matters connected to administering the quarantine laws and regulations of the United States.

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Medical officers of the United States, when performing duties as quarantine officers at any port or place within the United States, are authorized to take declarations and administer oaths in matters pertaining to the administration of the quarantine laws and regulations of the United States.

Source credit: (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 369, 58 Stat. 706.)

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1944Enacted · Act of July 1, 1944, ch. 373 · 58 Stat. 706

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