---
kind: "section"
citation: "19 C.F.R. § 158.6"
title: "19"
number: "158.6"
heading: "Deficiencies in contents of examination packages."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/19/158.6"
---

# §158.6. Deficiencies in contents of examination packages.


Allowance for deficiency in the contents of any examination package reported to the port director by a Customs officer shall be made in the liquidation of the entry. No Customs officer except one making an examination contemplated by [section 499](/cfr/19/499.md), Tariff Act of 1930, as amended ([19 U.S.C. 1499](/usc/19/1499.md)), shall report a supposed deficiency to the port director unless it is established to the satisfaction of the reporting officer that the merchandise was not imported.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 19 U.S.C. 66, 1624, unless otherwise noted. Subpart C also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1563.

### Source

Source: T.D. 72-258, 37 FR 20171, Sept. 27, 1972, unless otherwise noted.