19 U.S.C. § 1464 — Penalties in connection with sealed vessels and vehicles 1
submitted 96 years ago by ch. 497 to r/title-19-CUSTOMS-DUTIES · 123 words · no verdicts yet
The master of a sealed vessel or the person in charge of a sealed vehicle commits a felony by failing to promptly reach the destination, deliver it to customs officers, follow Treasury rules, or avoid unauthorized unloading or disposal of the merchandise. On conviction, the person may be fined or imprisoned, and the vessel or vehicle and its contents may be forfeited.
If the master of such 1 vessel or the person in charge of any such vehicle fails to proceed with reasonable promptness to the port of destination and to deliver such vessel or vehicle to the proper officers of the customs, or fails to proceed in accordance with such regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury, or unlades such merchandise or any part thereof at other than such port of destination, or disposes of any such merchandise by sale or otherwise, he shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both; and any such vessel or vehicle, with its contents, shall be subject to forfeiture.
Source credit: (June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 464, 46 Stat. 718.)
- 1930Enacted · Act of June 17, 1930, ch. 497 · 46 Stat. 718
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