22-U.S.C.-4202
§4202 – Exaction of Excessive Fees For Verification of Invoices; Penalty
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Title 22 > Chapter 52 > Subchapter XIV > Section 4202
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- Reference: Section 4202
- Legend: §4202 – Exaction of Excessive Fees For Verification of Invoices; Penalty
- USCode Year: 2013
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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.
(R.S. §1716.)
Codification
R.S. §1716 derived from act Mar. 3, 1869, ch. 125, §3, 15 Stat. 321.
Section was not enacted as part of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 which comprises this chapter.
Section was formerly classified to section 1182 of this title, and prior thereto to section 85 of this title.
U.S. Encyclopedia of Law Coverage
Subchapter XIV – Powers, Duties and Liabilities of Consular officers Generally in the Legal Encyclopedia: Foreign Relations
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22-U.S.C.-4202 in the Legal Encyclopedia: Foreign Service
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