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Title 19 — Customs Duties

Chapter 1A — Foreign Trade Zones

§ 81r. Revocation of grants

Statutory text

(a)

Procedure for revocation

In the event of repeated willful violations of any of the provisions of this chapter by the grantee, the Board may revoke the grant after four months’ notice to the grantee and affording it an opportunity to be heard. The testimony taken before the Board shall be reduced to writing and filed in the records of the Board together with the decision reached thereon.

(b)

Attendance of witnesses and production of evidence

In the conduct of any proceeding under this section for the revocation of a grant the Board may compel the attendance of witnesses and the giving of testimony and the production of documentary evidence, and for such purpose may invoke the aid of the district courts of the United States.

(c)

Nature of order of revocation; appeal

An order under the provisions of this section revoking the grant issued by the Board shall be final and conclusive, unless within ninety days after its service the grantee appeals to the court of appeals for the circuit in which the zone is located by filing with the clerk of said court a written petition praying that the order of the Board be set aside. Such order shall be stayed pending the disposition of appellate proceedings by the court. The clerk of the court in which such a petition is filed shall immediately cause a copy thereof to be delivered to the Board and it shall thereupon file in the court the record in the proceedings held before it under this section, as provided in section 2112 of title 28. The testimony and evidence taken or submitted before the Board, duly certified and filed as a part of the record, shall be considered by the court as the evidence in the case.

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.

  1. Pub. L. 73–590 § 18 · 48 Stat. 998

    Enacted · 19 U.S.C. § 81r

    June 18, 1934, ch. 590, § 18, 48 Stat. 1002

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    June 18, 1934, ch. 590, § 18, 48 Stat. 1002

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 18. (a) In the event of repeated willful violations of any of the provisions of this Act by the grantee, the Board may revoke the grant after four months’ notice to the grantee and affording it an opportunity to be heard. The testimony taken before the Board shall be reduced to writing and filed in the records of the Board together with the decision reached thereon. (b) In the conduct of any proceeding under this section for the revocation of a grant the Board may compel the attendance, of witnesses and the giving of testimony and the production of documentary evidence, and for such purpose may invoke the aid of the district courts of the United States. (c) An order under the provisions of this section revoking the grant issued by the Board shall be final and conclusive, unless within ninety days after its service the grantee appeals to the circuit court of appeals for the circuit in which the zone is located by filing with the clerk of said court a written petition praying that the order of the Board be set aside. Such order shall be stayed pending the disposition of appellate proceedings by the court. The clerk of the court in which such a petition is filed shall immediately cause a copy thereof to be delivered to the Board and it shall forthwith prepare, certify, and file in the court a full and accurate transcript of the record in the proceedings held before it under this section, the charges, the evidence, and the order revoking the grant. The testimony and evidence taken or submitted before the Board, duly certified and filed as a part of the record, shall be considered by the court as the evidence in the case.

  2. Pub. L. 85–791 § 11 · 72 Stat. 941

    1. Substituted · 19 U.S.C. § 81r(c)

      Pub. L. 85–791 substituted “thereupon file in the court” for “forthwith prepare, certify, and file in the court a full and accurate transcript of” in third sentence

    2. Substituted · 19 U.S.C. § 81r(c)

      Pub. L. 85–791 substituted “as provided in section 2112 of title 28” for “the charges, the evidence, and the order revoking the grant” in third sentence

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 85–791 substituted “thereupon file in the court” for “forthwith prepare, certify, and file in the court a full and accurate transcript of” and “as provided in section 2112 of title 28” for “the charges, the evidence, and the order revoking the grant” in third sentence.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 11. The third sentence of subsection (c) of section 18 of the Federal Trade Zone Board. 19 USC 81r. Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 1002), is amended to read as follows: “The clerk of the court in which such a petition is filed shall immediately cause a copy thereof to be delivered to the Board and it shall thereupon file in the court the record in the proceedings held before it under this section, as provided in section 2112 of title 28, United States Code.”

3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1958—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 85–791 substituted “thereupon file in the court” for “forthwith prepare, certify, and file in the court a full and accurate transcript of” and “as provided in section 2112 of title 28” for “the charges, the evidence, and the order revoking the grant” in third sentence.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Act , eff. , as amended by act , substituted “court of appeals” for “circuit court of appeals”.

Credits

1934–1958 · 4 acts
  1. 1934June 18, 1934, ch. 590, § 18, 48 Stat. 1002
  2. 1948June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 32(a), 62 Stat. 991
  3. 1949May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 127, 63 Stat. 107
  4. 1958Pub. L. 85–791, § 11, , 72 Stat. 945.
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(June 18, 1934, ch. 590, § 18, 48 Stat. 1002; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 32(a), 62 Stat. 991; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 127, 63 Stat. 107; Pub. L. 85–791, § 11, , 72 Stat. 945.)

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