[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 19, Volume 2]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 19CFR161.12]



[Page 243]

 

                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES

 

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

        HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY (CONTINUED)

 

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]