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18 U.S.C. § 966 — Departure of vessel forbidden for false statements

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18 U.S.C. § 966 — Departure of vessel forbidden for false statements

**(a)** Whenever it appears that the vessel is not entitled to clearance or whenever there is reasonable cause to believe that the additional statements under oath required in [section 965 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section965&num=0&edition=prelim) are false, the collector of customs for the district in which the vessel is located may, subject to review by the head of the department or agency charged with the administration of laws relating to clearance of vessels, refuse clearance to any vessel, domestic or foreign, and by formal notice served upon the owners, master, or person or persons in command or charge of any domestic vessel for which clearance is not required by law, forbid the departure of the vessel from the port or from the United States. It shall thereupon be unlawful for the vessel to depart. **(b)** Whoever, in violation of this section, takes or attempts to take, or authorizes the taking of any such vessel, out of port or from the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.In addition, such vessel, her tackle, apparel, furniture, equipment, and her cargo shall be forfeited to the United States.

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18 U.S.C. § 371 — Conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud United States

If two or more persons conspire either to commit any offense against the United States, or to defraud the United States, or any agency thereof in any manner or for any purpose, and one or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

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18 U.S.C. § 965 — Verified statements as prerequisite to vessel’s departure

**(a)** During a war in which the United States is a neutral nation, every master or person having charge or command of any vessel, domestic or foreign, whether requiring clearance or not, before departure of such vessel from port shall, in addition to the facts required by section 431 of the Tariff Act of 1930 ([19 U.S.C. 1431](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1431&num=0&edition=prelim)) and [section 60105 of title 46](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section60105&num=0&edition=prelim), to be set out in the masters’ and shippers’ manifests before clearance will be issued to vessels bound to foreign ports, deliver to the Customs Service a statement, duly verified by oath, that the cargo or any part of the cargo is or is not to be delivered to other vessels in port or to be transshipped on the high seas, and, if it is to be so delivered or transshipped, stating the kind and quantities and the value of the total quantity of each kind of article so to be delivered or transshipped, and the name of the person, corporation, vessel, or government to whom the delivery or transshipment is to be made; and the owners, shippers, or consignors of the cargo of such vessel shall in the same manner and under the same conditions deliver to the Customs Service like statements under oath as to the cargo or the parts thereof laden or shipped by them, respectively. **(b)** Whoever, in violation of this section, takes or attempts to take, or authorizes the taking of any such vessel, out of port or from the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.In addition, such vessel, her tackle, apparel, furniture, equipment, and her cargo shall be forfeited to the United

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18 U.S.C. § 966 — Departure of vessel forbidden for false

Page 276 TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE § 966 Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2006—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109–304 substituted ‘‘section 60105 of title 46’’ for ‘‘section 4197 of the Revised Stat- utes of the United States (46 U.S.C. App. 91)’’. 1994—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–322 substituted ‘‘fined under this title’’ for ‘‘fined not more than $10,000’’. 1993—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–182 substituted ‘‘section 431 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1431) and section 4197 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (46 U.S.C. App. 91),’’ for ‘‘sections 91, 92, and 94 of Title 46’’, ‘‘deliver to the Customs Service’’ for ‘‘deliver to the collector of customs for the district wherein such ves- sel is then located’’, and ‘‘the Customs Service like’’ for ‘‘the collector like’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS For transfer of functions, personnel, assets, and li- abilities of the United States Customs Service of the Department of the Treasury, including functions of the Secretary of the Treasury relating thereto, to the Sec- retary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of re- lated references, see sections 203(1), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of Novem- ber 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6. For establishment of U.S. Customs and Border Protection in the Department of Homeland Se- curity, treated as if included in Pub. L. 107–296 as of Nov. 25, 2002, see section 211 of Title 6, as amended gen- erally by Pub. L. 114–125, and section 802(b) of Pub. L. 114–125, set out as a note under section 211 of Title 6. Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS All offices of collector of customs, comptroller of cus

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