[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 19, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 19CFR103.32]



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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES

 

   CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF 

              HOMELAND SECURITY; 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 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