Act No. 355 Section 396

Section 396

SEC. 396. The Insular Collector shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to prevent smuggling through the medium of the foreign mails arriving in the Islands, and to collect the lawful duty on dutiable articles imported in such mails, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Finance and Justice.

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