19 U.S.C. § 1447 — Place of entry and unlading

submitted 96 years ago by ch. 497 to r/title-19-CUSTOMS-DUTIES · 146 words · no verdicts yet

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A vessel generally must enter and unload at a port of entry. The statute allows two exceptions, subject to conditions and possible reimbursement of customs officers’ expenses.

Entry of a vessel, and unloading all or part of its cargo, is unlawful anywhere other than a port of entry. If good cause is shown, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection may allow the vessel to enter at another place that the Commissioner designates, under stated conditions. A vessel carrying bulk merchandise may, after entry, go to a place designated by the Secretary of the Treasury to unload. Customs officers must supervise there if the Customs Service considers supervision necessary, and the interested party must repay the Government for those officers’ pay and expenses.

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

It shall be unlawful to make entry of any vessel or to unlade the cargo or any part thereof of any vessel elsewhere than at a port of entry: Provided, That upon good cause therefor being shown, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection may permit entry of any vessel to be made at a place other than a port of entry designated by him, under such conditions as he shall prescribe: And provided further, That any vessel laden with merchandise in bulk may proceed after entry of such vessel to any place designated by the Secretary of the Treasury for the purpose of unlading such cargo, under the supervision of customs officers if the Customs Service considers the same necessary, and in such case the compensation and expenses of such officers shall be reimbursed to the Government by the party in interest.

Source credit: (June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 447, 46 Stat. 714; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §§ 101–104, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7875, 60 Stat. 1097; Pub. L. 91–271, title III, § 301(b), June 2, 1970, 84 Stat. 287; Pub. L. 103–182, title VI, § 649(a), Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2208; Pub. L. 114–125, title VIII, § 802(d)(2), Feb. 24, 2016, 130 Stat. 210.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1930Enacted · Act of June 17, 1930, ch. 497 · 46 Stat. 714
1970Amended · Pub. L. 91-271 · 84 Stat. 287
1993Amended · Pub. L. 103-182 · 107 Stat. 2208
2016Amended · Pub. L. 114-125 · 130 Stat. 210

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

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