19 U.S.C. § 233 (2024)
This is the official text of 19 U.S.C. § 233 (2024), part of Federal (US Code)’s United States Code — the codified general and permanent federal statutes of the United States, organized into more than 50 numbered titles by subject.
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Departure from prescribed forms
Official statutory text
In cases where the forms of official documents, as prescribed by title 34 of the Revised Statutes, shall be substantially complied with and observed, according to the true intent thereof, no penalty or forfeiture shall be incurred by a deviation therefrom.
(R.S. §2769.)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Title 34 of the Revised Statutes, referred to in text, was in the original "this Title", meaning title 34 of the Revised Statutes, consisting of R.S. §§2517 to 3129. For complete classification of R.S. §§2517 to 3129 to the Code, see Tables.
Codification
R.S. §2769 derived from act Mar. 2, 1799, ch. 22, §111, 1 Stat. 704.
(R.S. §2769.)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Title 34 of the Revised Statutes, referred to in text, was in the original "this Title", meaning title 34 of the Revised Statutes, consisting of R.S. §§2517 to 3129. For complete classification of R.S. §§2517 to 3129 to the Code, see Tables.
Codification
R.S. §2769 derived from act Mar. 2, 1799, ch. 22, §111, 1 Stat. 704.
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