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18 U.S.C. § 544 — Relanding of goods

submitted 78 years ago by ch. 645 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 123 words · no verdicts yet

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Goods brought back into the United States without entry after being prepared for export are treated as unlawfully imported. The people involved may be punished, and the goods are forfeited.

If merchandise entered or withdrawn for export without paying duties, or to obtain a drawback or other legal export allowance, is brought back to any place in the United States without an entry, it is treated as imported unlawfully. Each person involved may be fined under this title, imprisoned for up to two years, or both, and the merchandise is forfeited. “Any place in the United States” does not include the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Wake Island, Midway Islands, Kingman Reef, Johnston Island, or Guam.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

If any merchandise entered or withdrawn for exportation without payment of the duties thereon, or with intent to obtain a drawback of the duties paid, or of any other allowances given by law on the exportation thereof, is relanded at any place in the United States without entry having been made, such merchandise shall be considered as having been imported into the United States contrary to law, and each person concerned shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both; and such merchandise shall be forfeited.

The term “any place in the United States”, as used in this section, shall not include the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Wake Island, Midway Islands, Kingman Reef, Johnston Island, or Guam.

Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 716; June 30, 1955, ch. 258, § 2(c), 69 Stat. 242; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §§ 330004(18), 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2142, 2147; Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, § 604(b)(23), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3508.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 645 · 62 Stat. 716
  • 1955Amended · Act of June 30, 1955, ch. 258 · 69 Stat. 242
  • 1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2142, 2147
  • 1996Amended · Pub. L. 104-294 · 110 Stat. 3508

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 645 on 1948-06-25.

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