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Code · U.S. Code · Title 19 - CUSTOMS DUTIES · CHAPTER 10— CUSTOMS SERVICE · § 2078

§ 2078. Certification of reason for advance

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A certificate by the Commissioner of Customs 1 stating the amount of an expenditure made from funds advanced and certifying that the confidential nature of the transaction involved renders it inadvisable to specify the details thereof or impracticable to furnish the payee’s receipt shall be a sufficient voucher for the sum expressed to have been expended.
(Mar. 28, 1928, ch. 266, § 3, as added Aug. 7, 1939, ch. 566, § 1, 53 Stat. 1263; amended Pub. L. 91–513, title III, § 1102(n)(2), Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1293; Pub. L. 114–125, title VIII, § 802(d)(2), Feb. 24, 2016, 130 Stat. 210.)
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  • Mar. 28, 1928, ch. 266, § 3
  • Aug. 7, 1939, ch. 566, § 1
  • 53 Stat. 1263
  • Pub. L. 91–513, title III, § 1102(n)(2)
  • 84 Stat. 1293
  • 130 Stat. 210
  • section 529d of Title 31
  • Pub. L. 97–258, § 1
  • 96 Stat. 877
  • Pub. L. 91–513
  • section 1105(a) of Pub. L. 91–513
  • section 1102 of Pub. L. 91–513
  • section 1103 of Pub. L. 91–513
  • section 171 of Title 21
  • Pub. L. 107–296
  • 64 Stat. 1280
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§ 2078
Certification of reason for advance
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ActMar. 28, 1928, ch. 266, § 3
ActAug. 7, 1939, ch. 566, § 1
Stat.53 Stat. 1263
Pub. L.Pub. L. 91–513, title III, § 1102(n)(2)
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