§ 81r. — Revocation of grants.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 19USC81r]
TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
CHAPTER 1A--FOREIGN TRADE ZONES
Sec. 81r. Revocation of grants
(a) Procedure for revocation
In the event of repeated willful violations of any of the provisions
of this chapter by the grantee, the Board may revoke the grant after
four months' notice to the grantee and affording it an opportunity to be
heard. The testimony taken before the Board shall be reduced to writing
and filed in the records of the Board together with the decision reached
thereon.
(b) Attendance of witnesses and production of evidence
In the conduct of any proceeding under this section for the
revocation of a grant the Board may compel the attendance of witnesses
and the giving of testimony and the production of documentary evidence,
and for such purpose may invoke the aid of the district courts of the
United States.
(c) Nature of order of revocation; appeal
An order under the provisions of this section revoking the grant
issued by the Board shall be final and conclusive, unless within ninety
days after its service the grantee appeals to the court of appeals for
the circuit in which the zone is located by filing with the clerk of
said court a written petition praying that the order of the Board be set
aside. Such order shall be stayed pending the disposition of appellate
proceedings by the court. The clerk of the court in which such a
petition is filed shall immediately cause a copy thereof to be delivered
to the Board and it shall thereupon file in the court the record in the
proceedings held before it under this section, as provided in section
2112 of title 28. The testimony and evidence taken or submitted before
the Board, duly certified and filed as a part of the record, shall be
considered by the court as the evidence in the case.
(June 18, 1934, ch. 590, Sec. 18, 48 Stat. 1002; June 25, 1948, ch. 646,
Sec. 32(a), 62 Stat. 991; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, Sec. 127, 63 Stat. 107;
Pub. L. 85-791, Sec. 11, Aug. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 945.)
Amendments
1958--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 85-791 substituted ``thereupon file in
the court'' for ``forthwith prepare, certify, and file in the court a
full and accurate transcript of'' and ``as provided in section 2112 of
title 28'' for ``the charges, the evidence, and the order revoking the
grant'' in third sentence.
Change of Name
Act June 25, 1948, eff. Sept. 1, 1948, as amended by act May 24,
1949, substituted ``court of appeals'' for ``circuit court of appeals''.
