19 U.S.C. § 1582 — Search of persons and baggage; regulations
submitted 96 years ago by ch. 497 to r/title-19-CUSTOMS-DUTIES · 63 words · no verdicts yet
The Treasury Secretary may regulate searches of people and baggage and may employ female inspectors to search women. People entering the United States from abroad may be detained and searched under those rules.
The Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe regulations for the search of persons and baggage and he is authorized to employ female inspectors for the examination and search of persons of their own sex; and all persons coming into the United States from foreign countries shall be liable to detention and search by authorized officers or agents of the Government under such regulations.
The Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe regulations for the search of persons and baggage and he is authorized to employ female inspectors for the examination and search of persons of their own sex; and all persons coming into the United States from foreign countries shall be liable to detention and search by authorized officers or agents of the Government under such regulations.
Source credit: (June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 582, 46 Stat. 748.)
- 1930Enacted · Act of June 17, 1930, ch. 497 · 46 Stat. 748
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