2016 US Code
Title 40 - Public Buildings, Property, and Works
Subtitle VI - Miscellaneous
Chapter 173 - Government Losses in Shipment
Sec. 17308 - Presumption of lawful conduct

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Citation 40 U.S.C. § 17308 (2016)
Section Name §17308. Presumption of lawful conduct
Section Text

For purposes of the propriety of an act or omission related to a shipment to which the regulations prescribed under section 17302 of this title apply, every officer and employee of the Federal Government and every individual acting on behalf of a wholly owned Government corporation who makes a shipment of valuables in good faith under, and substantially in accordance with, the regulations is deemed to be acting in the faithful execution of the officer's, employee's, or individual's duties of office and in full performance of any conditions of the officer's, employee's, or individual's bond and oath of office.

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(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1283.)

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Source (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
17308 40:727. July 8, 1937, ch. 444, §5, 50 Stat. 480.
Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 40 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 40 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
SUBTITLE VI - MISCELLANEOUS
CHAPTER 173 - GOVERNMENT LOSSES IN SHIPMENT
Sec. 17308 - Presumption of lawful conduct
Contains section 17308
Date 2016
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 6, 2017
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 50 Stat. 480
116 Stat. 1283
Public Law References Public Law 107-217
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