[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR103.32]

[Page 459-460]
 
                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 103--AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart C--Other Information Subject to Restricted Access
 
Sec. 103.32  Information concerning fines, penalties, and forfeitures cases.

    Except as otherwise provided in these regulations or in other 
directives (including those published as Treasury Decisions), port 
directors and other Customs officers shall refrain from disclosing facts 
concerning seizures, investigations, and other pending cases until 
Customs action is completed. After the penalty proceeding is closed

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by payment of the claim amount, payment of a mitigated amount, or 
judicial action, the identity of the violator, the section of the law 
violated, the amount of penalty assessed, loss of revenue, mitigated 
amount (if applicable), and the amount of money paid may be disclosed to 
the public by the appropriate port director. Public disclosure of any 
other item of information concerning such cases, whether open or closed, 
shall only be made in conformance with the procedures provided in 
Sec. 103.5.

[T.D. 81-168, 46 FR 32565, June 24, 1981. Redesignated by T.D. 96-36, 61 
FR 19838, May 3, 1996