No officer, or other person entitled to or claiming compensation under any provision of Act (chapter 391, 18 Statutes 188) shall be thereby disqualified from becoming a witness in any action, suit, or proceeding for the recovery, mitigation, or remission thereof, but shall be subject to examination and cross-examination in like manner with other witnesses, without being thereby deprived of any right, title, share, or interest in any fine, penalty, or forfeiture to which such examination may relate; and in every such case the defendant or defendants may appear and testify and be examined and cross-examined in like manner.
June 22, 1874, ch. 391, § 8 18 Stat. 188 (, .)
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act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, § 643 42 Stat. 989 section 1619 of this titleSection 4 of Act , referred to in text, providing for compensation to officers of the customs or other persons detecting goods being smuggled, was repealed by , . For corresponding provisions in the Tariff Act of 1930, see .