[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR161.12]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 161--GENERAL ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart B--Compensation of Informant
 
Sec. 161.12  Eligibility for compensation.

    Source: T.D. 91-14, 56 FR 5349, Feb. 11, 1991, unless otherwise 
noted.


    In accordance with section 619, Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 
U.S.C. 1619), any person not an employee or officer of the United States 
who either furnishes original information concerning any fraud upon the 
customs revenue or any violation, perpetrated or contemplated, of the 
customs or navigation laws or any other laws administered or enforced by 
Customs, or detects and seizes any item subject to seizure and 
forfeiture under the customs or navigationlaws or other laws enforced by 
Customs and reports the same to a Customs officer, may file a claim for 
compensation, provided there is a net amount recovered from such 
detection and seizure or such information, unless other laws specify 
different procedures. Any employee or officer of the United States who 
receives, accepts, or contracts for any portion of such compensation, 
either directly or indirectly, is subject to criminal prosecution and 
civil liability as provided by 19 U.S.C. 1620.

[T.D. 98-22, 63 FR 11826, Mar. 11, 1998]