Consuls and vice consuls shall have the right, in the ports or places to which they are severally appointed, of receiving the protests or declarations which captains, masters, crews, passengers, or merchants, who are citizens of the United States, may respectively choose to make there; and also such as any foreigner may choose to make before them relative to the personal interest of any citizen of the United States.
June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 3962 Stat. 992(R.S. § 1707; , .)
Editorial Notes
Codification
act Apr. 14, 1792, ch. 24, § 21 Stat. 255R.S. § 1707 derived from , .
Section was not enacted as part of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 which comprises this chapter.
section 1173 of this titlesection 73 of this titleSection was formerly classified to , and prior thereto to .
Amendments
1948—Act , repealed second sentence relating to authenticated copies of consular acts received as evidence.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1948 Amendment
Act June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 3862 Stat. 992, , provided that the amendment made by that act is effective .