19 USC § 1646a - Supervision by customs officers

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identifier: "/us/usc/t19/s1646a"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "19 USC § 1646a - Supervision by customs officers"
title_number: 19
title_name: "CUSTOMS DUTIES"
section_number: "1646a"
section_name: "Supervision by customs officers"
chapter_number: 4
chapter_name: "TARIFF ACT OF 1930"
part_number: "VI"
part_name: "Miscellaneous Provisions"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 646, as added Aug. 8, 1953, ch. 397, § 22, 67 Stat. 520.)"
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# § 1646a. Supervision by customs officers

Wherever in this chapter any action or thing is required to be done or maintained under the supervision of customs officers, such supervision may be directed and continuous or by occasional verification as may be required by regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury, or, in the absence of such regulations for a particular case, as the principal customs officer concerned shall direct.

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**Source Credit**: (June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 646, as added Aug. 8, 1953, ch. 397, § 22, 67 Stat. 520.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective on and after thirtieth day following , see Effective Date of 1953 Amendments note set out under .