22 USC 4200: Certification of invoices generally
Text contains those laws in effect on July 2, 2024
From Title 22-FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSECHAPTER 52-FOREIGN SERVICESUBCHAPTER XIV-POWERS, DUTIES AND LIABILITIES OF CONSULAR OFFICERS GENERALLY
§4200. Certification of invoices generally
No consular officer shall certify any invoice unless he is satisfied that the person making oath thereto is the person he represents himself to be, that he is a credible person, and that the statements made under such oath are true; and he shall, thereupon, by his certificate, state that he was so satisfied.
(R.S. §1715.)
Editorial Notes
Codification
R.S. §1715 derived from act Aug. 18, 1856, ch. 127, §27,
Section was not enacted as part of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 which comprises this chapter.
Section was formerly classified to section 1180 of this title, and prior thereto to section 83 of this title.