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19 U.S.C. § 1461 — Inspection of merchandise and baggage 1

submitted 96 years ago by ch. 497 to r/title-19-CUSTOMS-DUTIES · 103 words · no verdicts yet

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Imported merchandise and baggage from a neighboring country generally must be unloaded and inspected at the first port of entry. A customs officer may require containers or closed vehicles to be opened.

Unless a law or Treasury Secretary regulation provides otherwise, all merchandise and baggage imported or brought from a neighboring country must be unloaded in the presence of and inspected by a customs officer at the first port of entry. The officer may require the owner, agent, or person in charge of a trunk, travel bag, sack, valise, other container, or closed vehicle to open it or provide a key or another way to open it.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

All merchandise and baggage imported or brought in from any contiguous country, except as otherwise provided by law or by regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall be unladen in the presence of and be inspected by a customs officer at the first port of entry at which the same shall arrive; and such officer may require the owner, or his agent, or other person having charge or possession of any trunk, traveling bag, sack, valise, or other container, or of any closed vehicle, to open the same for inspection, or to furnish a key or other means for opening the same.

Source credit: (June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 461, 46 Stat. 717.)

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  • 1930Enacted · Act of June 17, 1930, ch. 497 · 46 Stat. 717

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 497 on 1930-06-17.

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