Codification
Section is based on section 23 (as related to persons acting under any customs law) of act Feb. 8, 1875. Provisions of section 23 (as related to persons acting under any internal revenue law or any revenue provisions of any law of the United States) were repealed effective Feb. 11, 1939, by section 4 of act Feb. 10, 1939 ([53 Stat. 1]) and incorporated as [section 4048 of Title 26], Internal Revenue Code of 1939. The Internal Revenue Code of 1939 was repealed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. The Internal Revenue Code of 1954 was redesignated the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 by [Pub. L. 99–514, § 2], Oct. 22, 1986, [100 Stat. 2095]. Provisions of former section 4048 are covered by [section 7344 of Title 26], Internal Revenue Code.