§ 1705. Destruction of forfeited vessel or vehicle

Statutory text

Any vessel or vehicle forfeited to the United States, whether summarily or by a decree of any court, for violation of any law respecting the revenue, may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, if he deems it necessary to protect the revenue of the United States, be destroyed in lieu of the sale thereof under existing law.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1935
Pub. L. 74–438 · 49 Stat. 417
Enacted · 19 U.S.C. § 1705
(Aug. 5, 1935, ch. 438, title I, § 5, 49 Stat. 519.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Aug. 5, 1935, ch. 438, title I, § 5, 49 Stat. 519.)

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Credits

(Aug. 5, 1935, ch. 438, title I, § 5, 49 Stat. 519.)