The chief judge may designate any judge or judges of the court to proceed, together with necessary assistants, to any port or to any place within the jurisdiction of the United States to preside at a trial or hearing at the port or place.
Provided, howeversection 1292(d)(1) of this title Upon application of a party or upon his own initiative, and upon a showing that the interests of economy, efficiency, and justice will be served, the chief judge may issue an order authorizing a judge of the court to preside in an evidentiary hearing in a foreign country whose laws do not prohibit such a hearing: , That an interlocutory appeal may be taken from such an order pursuant to the provisions of , and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit may, in its discretion, consider the appeal.
Pub. L. 91–271, title I, § 10984 Stat. 277Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 10796 Stat. 28(Added , , ; amended , , .)
Editorial Notes
Amendments
Pub. L. 97–164section 1292(d)(1) of this titlesection 1541(b) of this title1982—Subsec. (b). substituted “, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit may, in its discretion, consider the appeal” for “, subject to the discretion of the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals as set forth in that section”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1982 Amendment
Pub. L. 97–164section 402 of Pub. L. 97–164section 171 of this titleAmendment by effective , see , set out as a note under .
Effective Date
Pub. L. 91–271, title I, § 12284 Stat. 281
section 1 of this title This title [see Short Title of 1970 Amendment note set out under ] shall become effective on , and shall thereafter apply to all actions and proceedings in the Customs Court and the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals except those involving merchandise entered before the effective date for which trial has commenced by such effective date.
section 1500 of Title 19 An appeal for reappraisement timely filed with the Bureau of Customs before the effective date, but as to which trial has not commenced by such date, shall be deemed to have had a summons timely and properly filed under this title. When the judgment or order of the United States Customs Court has become final in this appeal, the papers shall be returned to the appropriate customs officer to decide any remaining matters relating to the entry in accordance with section 500 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended [, Customs Duties]. A protest or summons filed after final decision on an appeal for reappraisement shall not include issues which were raised or could have been raised on the appeal for reappraisement.
A protest timely filed with the Bureau of Customs before the effective date of enactment of this Act [], which is disallowed before that date, and as to which trial has not commenced by such date, shall be deemed to have had a summons timely and properly filed under this title.
section 1 of this titlesection 1500 of Title 19 All other provisions of this Act [see Short Title notes set out under and ] shall apply to appeals and disallowed protests deemed to have had summonses timely and properly filed under this section.”