§ 4193. — Protests.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC4193]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 52--FOREIGN SERVICE
SUBCHAPTER XIV--POWERS, DUTIES AND LIABILITIES OF CONSULAR OFFICERS
GENERALLY
Sec. 4193. Protests
Consuls and vice consuls shall have the right, in the ports or
places to which they are severally appointed, of receiving the protests
or declarations which captains, masters, crews, passengers, or
merchants, who are citizens of the United States, may respectively
choose to make there; and also such as any foreigner may choose to make
before them relative to the personal interest of any citizen of the
United States.
(R.S. Sec. 1707; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, Sec. 39, 62 Stat. 992.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 1707 derived from act Apr. 14, 1792, ch. 24, Sec. 2, 1
Stat. 255.
Section was not enacted as part of the Foreign Service Act of 1980
which comprises this chapter.
Section was formerly classified to section 1173 of this title, and
prior thereto to section 73 of this title.
Amendments
1948--Act June 25, 1948, repealed second sentence relating to
authenticated copies of consular acts received as evidence.
Effective Date of 1948 Amendment
Section 38 of act June 25, 1948, provided that the amendment made by
that act is effective Sept. 1, 1948.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 4191 of this title.
