officer of the customs

(b) The term “officer of the customs” means any officer of the Customs Service or any commissioned, warrant, or petty officer of the Coast Guard, or agent or other person authorized by law or by the Secretary of the Treasury, or appointed in writing by a collector, to perform the duties of an officer of the Customs Service.

Source

19 USC § 1709(b)

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Scoping language

None identified, default scope is assumed to be the parent (chapter 5) of this section.

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