22-U.S.C.-4209
§4209 – Exaction of Excessive Fees Generally; Penalty of Treble Amount
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Title 22 > Chapter 52 > Subchapter XIV > Section 4209
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- Reference: Section 4209
- Legend: §4209 – Exaction of Excessive Fees Generally; Penalty of Treble Amount
- USCode Year: 2013
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Whenever any consular officer collects, or knowingly allows to be collected for any service, any other or greater fees than are allowed by law for such service, he shall, besides his liability to refund the same, be liable to pay to the person by whom or in whose behalf the same are paid, treble the amount of the unlawful charge so collected, as a penalty, to be recovered with costs, in any proper form of action, by such person for his own use. And in any such case the Secretary of the Treasury may retain, out of the compensation of such officer, the amount of such overcharge and of such penalty, and charge the same to such officer in account, and may thereupon refund such unlawful charge, and pay such penalty to the person entitled to the same if he shall think proper so to do.
(R.S. §1723.)
Codification
R.S. §1723 derived from act Aug. 18, 1856, ch. 127, §17, 11 Stat. 58.
Section was not enacted as part of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 which comprises this chapter.
Section was formerly classified to section 1189 of this title, and prior thereto to section 92 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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