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[CITE: 14USC143]

 
                          TITLE 14--COAST GUARD
 
                       PART I--REGULAR COAST GUARD
 
               CHAPTER 7--COOPERATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES
 
Sec. 143. Treasury Department

    Commissioned, warrant, and petty officers of the Coast Guard are 
deemed to be officers of the customs and when so acting shall, insofar 
as performance of the duties relating to customs laws are concerned, be 
subject to regulations issued by the Secretary of the Treasury governing 
officers of the customs.

(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 506.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 19, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Secs. 1401(l), 1709(b) (Aug. 5, 
1935, ch. 435, title II, Sec. 201, 49 Stat. 521; Aug. 5, 1935, ch. 438, 
title IV, Sec. 401, 49 Stat. 529).
    This section will not repeal the sections cited above, but makes 
further provision that Coast Guard personnel when acting as officers of 
the customs shall, insofar as enforcing customs laws are concerned, be 
subject to regulations governing regular officers of the customs. 81st 
Congress, House Report No. 557.
