19 U.S.C. § 1463 — Sealed vessels and vehicles 1
submitted 96 years ago by ch. 497 to r/title-19-CUSTOMS-DUTIES · 92 words · no verdicts yet
To avoid an unnecessary inspection at the first arrival port, the master of an importing vessel or the person in charge of an importing vehicle may ask a United States customs officer at the shipping place to seal it. The sealed vessel or vehicle may then travel with the merchandise to its destination under Treasury Secretary rules.
To avoid an unnecessary inspection of merchandise imported from a neighboring country at the first port where it arrives, the vessel's master or the person in charge of the vehicle may apply to the United States customs officer stationed where the merchandise is shipped. That officer may seal the vessel or vehicle. A sealed vessel or vehicle may travel with the merchandise to the destination port under rules prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
To avoid unnecessary inspection of merchandise imported from a contiguous country at the first port of arrival, the master of the vessel or the person in charge of the vehicle in which such merchandise is imported may apply to the customs officer of the United States stationed in the place from which such merchandise is shipped, and such officer may seal such vessel or vehicle. Any vessel or vehicle so sealed may proceed with such merchandise to the port of destination under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe.
Source credit: (June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 463, 46 Stat. 718.)
- 1930Enacted · Act of June 17, 1930, ch. 497 · 46 Stat. 718
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 497 on 1930-06-17.
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