                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                      CHAPTER 4--TARIFF ACT OF 1930
 
                 SUBTITLE III--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
                    Part VI--Miscellaneous Provisions
 
Sec. 1646a. Supervision by customs officers

    Wherever in this chapter any action or thing is required to be done 
or maintained under the supervision of customs officers, such 
supervision may be directed and continuous or by occasional verification 
as may be required by regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury, or, 
in the absence of such regulations for a particular case, as the 
principal customs officer concerned shall direct.

(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, Sec. 646, as added Aug. 8, 1953, ch. 
397, Sec. 22, 67 Stat. 520.)


                             Effective Date

    Section effective on and after thirtieth day following Aug. 8, 1953, 
see Effective Date of 1953 Amendments note set out under section 1304 of 
this title.
