[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
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[CITE: 19CFR171.3]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 171--FINES, PENALTIES, AND FORFEITURES--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart A--Application for Relief
 
Sec. 171.3  Oral presentations seeking relief.

    (a) For violation of section 592 or section 593A. If the penalty 
incurred is for a violation of section 592, Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (19 U.S.C. 1592), or section 593A, Tariff Act of 1930, as added 
(19 U.S.C. 1593a), the person named in the notice, in addition to filing 
a petition, may make an oral presentation seeking relief in accordance 
with this paragraph.
    (b) Other oral presentations. Oral presentations other than those 
provided in paragraph (a) of this section may be allowed in the 
discretion of any official of the Customs Service or Department of the 
Treasury authorized to act on a petition or supplemental petition.