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Code · U.S. Code · Title 19 - CUSTOMS DUTIES · CHAPTER 3— THE TARIFF AND RELATED PROVISIONS · part 1— definitions · § 233

§ 233. Departure from prescribed forms

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In cases where the forms of official documents, as prescribed by title 34 of the Revised Statutes, shall be substantially complied with and observed, according to the true intent thereof, no penalty or forfeiture shall be incurred by a deviation therefrom.
(R.S. § 2769.)
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  • act Mar. 2, 1799, ch. 22, § 111
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Departure from prescribed forms
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