[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 8, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2010]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 8CFR280.7]

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                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
               CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 280_IMPOSITION AND COLLECTION OF FINES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 280.7  Approval of bonds or acceptance of cash deposit to obtain clearance.

    The district director of customs is authorized to approve the bond, 
or accept the sum of money which is being offered for deposit under any 
provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act or by this chapter for 
the purpose of obtaining clearance of a vessel or aircraft with the 
exception of sections 239, 251(d), 255, 256, 272, and 273(d) in which 
the Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service is 
authorized to approve the bond or accept the sum of money which is being 
offered for deposit.

[22 FR 9807, Dec. 6, 1957, as amended at 32 FR 17651, Dec. 12, 1967; 56 
FR 26020, June 6, 1991]