TREASURY ORDER 165-02

DATE: December 5, 1955

SUNSET REVIEW: TBD

SUBJECT: Delegation-Certain Customs Penalty Cases

By virtue of the authority vested in me by Reorganization Plan No. 26 of 1950 (3 CFR, 1950 Supp. Ch. III), it is hereby ordered that subparagraph (h) of paragraph 1 of Treasury Department Order No. 165, Revised, issued on November 2, 1954 (T.D. 53654; 19 F.R. 7241), is amended by substituting a comma for the period at the end thereof and adding -

except that such approval shall not be required with respect to any forfeiture incurred under section 27, Merchant Marine Act, 1920, as amended (46 U.S.C. 883), if it is determined by the Commissioner of Customs or a subordinate in the Bureau of Customs designated by the said Commissioner that violation occurred as a direct result of an arrival of the transporting vessel in distress.





David W. Kendall

Acting Secretary of the Treasury