Section 333
SEC. 333. Any person who assaults, resists, opposes, or interferes in any manner with any officer of the customs or person lawfully assisting him in the discharge of his duty, or offers them presents or bribes to influence or reward their acts, or who rescues or attempts to rescue any property that has been seized by a customs officer or a person so authorized, shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two thousand dollars, or be imprisoned not less than six months nor more than two years, or both; and any person who assaults an officer of the customs or any person lawfully assisting him in the execution of his duty, with an intent to commit a bodily injury on him, shall be imprisoned at hard labor for a term not more than ten years nor less than one year. But every officer of the customs exercising the powers of his position is required to make known his character if questioned.