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title: "19 U.S.C. § 1653a"
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title_number: 19
title_name: "CUSTOMS DUTIES"
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chapter_name: "TARIFF ACT OF 1930"
section: "1653a"
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# 19 U.S.C. § 1653a - Transferred

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Section, act June 25, 1938, ch. 679, § 37, 52 Stat. 1094, related to the effective date of the Customs Administrative Act of 1938, and is set out as a note under section 1401 of this title. Section was not part of Tariff Act of 1930 which constitutes this chapter.