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 INFORMATION AND RETURNS SEC. 3631. RESTRICTIONS ON EXAMINATION OF TAXPAYERS. No taxpayer shall be subjected to unnecessary examinations or investigations, and only one inspection of a taxpayer's books of account shall be made for each taxable year unless the taxpayer requests otherwise or unless the Commissioner, after investigation, notifies the taxpayer in writing that an additional inspection is necessary. SEC. 3632. AUTHORITY TO ADMINISTER OATHS, TAKE TESTIMONY, AND CERTIFY. (a) INTERNAL REVENUE PERSONNEL.- (1) PERSONS IN CHARGE OF ADMINISTRATION OF INTERNAL REVENUE LAWS GENERALLY. -Every collector, deputy collector, internal reve- nue agent, and internal revenue officer assigned to duty under an internal revenue agent, is authorized to administer oaths and to take evidence touching any part of the administration of the internal revenue laws with which he is charged, or where such oaths and evidence are authorized by law or regulation authorized by law to be taken. (2) PERSONS IN CHARGE OF EXPORTS AND DRAWBACKS.-Every col- lector of internal revenue and every superintendent of exports and drawbacks is authorized to administer such oaths and to certify to such papers as may be necessary under any regulation prescribed under the authority of the internal revenue laws. (b) OTHERS. -Any oath or affirmation required or authorized by any internal revenue law or by any regulations made under authority thereof may be administered by any person authorized to administer oaths for general purposes by the law of the United States, or of any State, Territory, or possession of the United States, or of the District of Columbia, wherein such oath or affirmation is administered, or by any consular officer of the United States. This subsection shall not be construed as an exclusive enumeration of the persons who may administer such oaths or affirmations. SEC. 3633. JURISDICTION OF DISTRICT COURTS. (a) To ENFORCE SUMMONS. - I f any person is summoned under the internal revenue laws to appear, to testify, or to produce books, papers, or other data, the district court of the United States for the district in which such person resides shall have jurisdiction by appropriate process to compel such attendance, testimony, or pro- duction of books, papers, or other data. (b) To IssUE ORDEIs, PROCESSES, AND JUDGMENTS- For authority of district courts to issue orders, processes, and judg- ments for enforcement of internal revenue laws, see section 3799. SEC. 3634. EXTENSION OF TIME FOR FILING RETURNS. If the failure to file a return (other than a return of income tax) or list at the time prescribed by law or by regulation made under authority of law is due to sickness or absence, the collector may allow such further time, not exceeding thirty days, for making and filing the return or list as he deems proper. 98907°-39---T. I -29 441

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