---
kind: "section"
citation: "19 U.S.C. § 51"
title: "19"
title_heading: "Customs Duties"
number: "51"
heading: "Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 642, 645, 650"
status: "repealed"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/19/51"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — Collection Districts, Ports, and Officers"
---

# [§51. Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 642, 645, 650 — repealed]



## Notes

Section 50, acts Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 355, § 8, 37 Stat. 487; June 6, 1939, ch. 185, 53 Stat. 810, authorized collectors of customs to administer oaths to expense accounts.

Section 51, act Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 251, § 7, 42 Stat. 1454, provided limitations on compensation.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Additional Repeal

Section 51 was additionally repealed by Pub. L. 91–271, title III, § 321(j), June 2, 1970, 84 Stat. 293.