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19 U.S.C. § 1307 — Convict-made goods; importation prohibited

submitted 96 years ago by ch. 497 to r/title-19-CUSTOMS-DUTIES · 130 words · no verdicts yet

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This section prohibits importing goods made wholly or partly by convict, forced, or indentured labor under penal sanctions. It defines “forced labor” and includes forced or indentured child labor.

All goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part in any foreign country by convict labor or/and forced labor or/and indentured labor under penal sanctions must not be entitled to entry at any of the ports of the United States, and the importation of it is hereby prohibited, and the Secretary of the Treasury must prescribe that regulations as may be necessary for the enforcement of this provision. “Forced labor”, as herein used, must mean all work or service which is exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty for its nonperformance and for which the worker does not offer himself voluntarily. for this section, the term “forced labor or/and indentured labor” includes forced or indentured child labor.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

All goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part in any foreign country by convict labor or/and forced labor or/and indentured labor under penal sanctions shall not be entitled to entry at any of the ports of the United States, and the importation thereof is hereby prohibited, and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to prescribe such regulations as may be necessary for the enforcement of this provision.

“Forced labor”, as herein used, shall mean all work or service which is exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty for its nonperformance and for which the worker does not offer himself voluntarily. For purposes of this section, the term “forced labor or/and indentured labor” includes forced or indentured child labor.

Source credit: (June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title III, § 307, 46 Stat. 689; Pub. L. 106–200, title IV, § 411(a), May 18, 2000, 114 Stat. 298; Pub. L. 114–125, title IX, § 910(a)(1), Feb. 24, 2016, 130 Stat. 239.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1930Enacted · Act of June 17, 1930, ch. 497 · 46 Stat. 689
  • 2000Amended · Pub. L. 106-200 · 114 Stat. 298
  • 2016Amended · Pub. L. 114-125 · 130 Stat. 239

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

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