{"data":{"id":"us/19-u.s.c.-537","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"19 U.S.C. § 537","heading":"Officers, informers, and defendants as witnesses","body":"No officer, or other person entitled to or claiming compensation under any provision of Act June 22, 1874 (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.","path":["Title 19—CUSTOMS DUTIES","CHAPTER 3—THE TARIFF AND RELATED PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc19@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:57:37Z","sha256":"e679456a254e085cd826c67c47a89d884fc48973681f2e26f33896c7d24bb398","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/19-u.s.c.-536","next":"us/19-u.s.c.-538-539"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}