[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
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[CITE: 19CFR101.2]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 101--GENERAL PROVISIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 101.2  Authority of Customs officers.

    (a) Supremacy of delegated authority. Action taken by any person 
pursuant to authority delegated to him by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
whether directly or by subdelegation, shall be valid despite the 
existence of any statute or regulation, including any provision of this 
chapter, which provides that such action shall be taken by some other 
person. Any person acting under such delegated authority shall be deemed 
to have complied with any statute or regulation which provides or 
indicates that it shall be the duty of some other person to perform such 
action.
    (b) Consolidation of functions. Any reorganization of the Customs 
Service or consolidation of the functions of two or more persons into 
one office which results in the failure of a designated Customs officer 
to perform an action required by statute or regulation, shall not 
invalidate the performance of that action by any other Customs officer.
    (c) Customs supervision. Whenever anything is required by the 
regulations in this chapter or by any provision of the customs or 
navigation laws to be done or maintained under the supervision of 
Customs officers, such supervision shall be carried out as prescribed in 
the regulations of this chapter or by instructions from the Secretary of 
the Treasury or the Commissioner of Customs in particular cases. In the 
absence of a governing regulation or instruction, supervision shall be 
direct and continuous or by such occasional verification as the 
principal Customs field officer shall direct if such officer shall 
determine that less intensive supervision will ensure proper enforcement 
of the law and protection of the revenue. Nothing in this section shall 
be deemed to warrant any failure to direct and furnish required 
supervision or to excuse any failure of a party in interest to comply 
with prescribed procedures for obtaining any required supervision.

[T.D. 77-241, 42 FR 54937, Oct. 12, 1977, as amended by T.D. 98-22, 63 
FR 11825, Mar. 11, 1998]