Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/19/1604
Timestamp: 2019-05-25 09:14:10
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1604', '§\u202f1604', '§\u202f604', '§\u202f301', '§\u202f610', '§\u202f604', '§\u202f3085', '§\u202f15', '§\u202f642', '§\u202f3087']

19 U.S. Code § 1604 - Seizure; prosecution | U.S. Code | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
Section 1604. Seizure; prosecution
19 U.S. Code § 1604. Seizure; prosecution
(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 604, 46 Stat. 754; Pub. L. 91–271, title III, § 301(bb), June 2, 1970, 84 Stat. 291; Pub. L. 96–417, title VI, § 610, Oct. 10, 1980, 94 Stat. 1746.)
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, § 604, 42 Stat. 984. That section was superseded by section 604 of act June 17, 1930, comprising this section, and repealed by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 act.
Prior provisions substantially similar in effect, with a further provision for an allowance for expenses and services, were contained in R.S. § 3085. Provisions requiring district attorneys to cause investigations to be made before a United States commissioner and to initiate and prosecute proper proceedings to recover fines and penalties were contained in act June 22, 1874, ch. 391, § 15, 18 Stat. 189. Both of these sections were repealed by act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, §§ 642, 643, 42 Stat. 989.
The 1922 act also superseded a provision contained in R.S. § 3087, requiring collectors to cause suits to be commenced without delay and prosecuted to effect.
1980—Pub. L. 96–417 substituted “the Attorney General of the United States” and “the Attorney General” for “every United States district attorney” and “such district attorney”, respectively, and authorized institution of proceedings in the Court of International Trade.