---
kind: "section"
citation: "19 U.S.C. § 1624"
title: "19"
title_heading: "Customs Duties"
number: "1624"
heading: "General regulations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/19/1624"
units:
  - "Chapter 4 — Tariff Act of 1930"
  - "Subtitle III — Administrative Provisions"
  - "Part V — Enforcement Provisions"
---

# §1624. General regulations


In addition to the specific powers conferred by this chapter the [Secretary](/usc/19/1681.md?p=1) of the Treasury is authorized to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.


## Source credit

(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 624, 46 Stat. 759.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, § 623, 42 Stat. 988. That section was superseded by section 624 of act June 17, 1930, comprising this section, and repealed by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 act.