§ 4202. — Exaction of excessive fees for verification of invoices; penalty.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC4202]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 52--FOREIGN SERVICE
SUBCHAPTER XIV--POWERS, DUTIES AND LIABILITIES OF CONSULAR OFFICERS
GENERALLY
Sec. 4202. Exaction of excessive fees for verification of
invoices; penalty
The fee provided by law for the verification of invoices by consular
officers shall, when paid, be held to be a full payment for furnishing
blank forms of declaration to be signed by the shipper, and for making,
signing, and sealing the certificate of the consular officer thereto;
and any consular officer who, under pretense of charging for blank
forms, advice, or clerical services in the preparation of such
declaration or certificate, charges or receives any fee greater in
amount than that provided by law for the verification of invoices, or
who demands or receives for any official services, or who allows any
clerk or subordinate to receive for any such service, any fee or reward
other than the fee provided by law for such service, shall be punishable
by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine of not more
than $2,000, and shall be removed from his office.
(R.S. Sec. 1716.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 1716 derived from act Mar. 3, 1869, ch. 125, Sec. 3, 15
Stat. 321.
Section was not enacted as part of the Foreign Service Act of 1980
which comprises this chapter.
Section was formerly classified to section 1182 of this title, and
prior thereto to section 85 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 4191 of this title.
