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[CITE: 42USC272]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
                SUBCHAPTER II--GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES
 
                    Part G--Quarantine and Inspection
 
Sec. 272. Administration of oaths by quarantine officers

    Medical officers of the United States, when performing duties as 
quarantine officers at any port or place within the United States, are 
authorized to take declarations and administer oaths in matters 
pertaining to the administration of the quarantine laws and regulations 
of the United States.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, Sec. 369, 58 Stat. 706.)
