                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                      CHAPTER 4--TARIFF ACT OF 1930
 
                 SUBTITLE III--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
                    Part VI--Miscellaneous Provisions
 
Sec. 1648. Uncertified checks, United States notes, and national 
        bank notes receivable for customs duties
        
    Customs officers may receive uncertified checks, United States 
notes, and circulating notes of national banking associations in payment 
of duties on imports, during such time and under such rules and 
regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe; but if a 
check so received is not paid the person by whom such check has been 
tendered shall remain liable for the payment of the duties and for all 
legal penalties and additions to the same extent as if such check had 
not been tendered.

(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, Sec. 648, 46 Stat. 762; Pub. L. 91-
271, title III, Sec. 301(kk), June 2, 1970, 84 Stat. 291.)


                               Amendments

    1970--Pub. L. 91-271 substituted reference to customs officers for 
reference to collectors of customs.


                    Effective Date of 1970 Amendment

    For effective date of amendment by Pub. L. 91-271, see section 203 
of Pub. L. 91-271, set out as a note under section 1500 of this title.
