2013 US Code
Title 22 - Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 53A - DISPOSITION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY ABROAD (§§ 4341 - 4343)
Section 4342 - Limitations on disposition of personal property
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE CHAPTER 53A - DISPOSITION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY ABROAD Sec. 4342 - Limitations on disposition of personal property |
Contains | section 4342 |
Date | 2013 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title III, §302, as added Pub. L. 100-204, title I, §186(a), Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1368. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 101 Stat. 1368 |
Public Law Reference | Public Law 100-204 |
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Except as authorized under subsection (b) of this section, employees or members of their family shall not sell, assign, or otherwise dispose of personal property within a foreign country which was imported into or purchased within that foreign country and which, by virtue of the official status of the employee, was exempt from import limitation, customs duties, or taxes which would otherwise apply.
(b) Approval by chief of missionThe chief of mission to a foreign country, or a designee of such chief of mission, is authorized to approve within that foreign country sales, assignment, or other dispositions of property by employees under the chief of mission's jurisdiction (as described in section 3927 of this title) to the extent that such sale, assignment, or other disposition is in accordance with regulations and policies, rules, and procedures issued pursuant to section 4343 of this title.
(c) ViolationViolation of this section, or other importation, sale, or other disposition of personal property within a foreign country which violates its laws or regulations or governing international law and is prohibited by regulations and policies, rules, and procedures issued pursuant to section 4343 of this title, shall be grounds for disciplinary action against an employee.
(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title III, §302, as added Pub. L. 100–204, title I, §186(a), Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1368.)
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