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Code · U.S. Code · Title 19 - CUSTOMS DUTIES · CHAPTER 4— TARIFF ACT OF 1930 · Part V— Enforcement Provisions · § 1620

§ 1620. Acceptance of money by United States officers 11 See Codification note below.

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Any officer of the United States who directly or indirectly receives, accepts, or contracts for any portion of the money which may accrue to any person making such 1 detection and seizure, or furnishing such 1 information, shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000, or by imprisonment for not more than two years, or both, and shall be thereafter ineligible to any office of honor, trust, or emolument. Any such person who pays to any such officer, or to any person for the use of such officer, any portion of such money, or anything of value for or because of such money, shall have a right of action against such officer, or his legal representatives, or against such person, or his legal representatives, and shall be entitled to recover the money so paid or the thing of value so given.
(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 620, 46 Stat. 758.)
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  • June 17, 1930, ch. 497
  • 46 Stat. 758
  • Pub. L. 99–570
  • act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, § 620
  • 42 Stat. 988
  • act June 22, 1874, ch. 391, § 7
  • 18 Stat. 187
  • act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, § 643
  • 42 Stat. 989
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§ 1620
Acceptance of money by United States officers 11 See Codification note below.
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ActJune 17, 1930, ch. 497
Stat.46 Stat. 758
Pub. L.Pub. L. 99–570
Actact Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, § 620
Stat.42 Stat. 988
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