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19 U.S.C. § 1527 — Importation of wild mammals and birds in violation of foreign law
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**(a) Importation prohibited** If the laws or regulations of any country, dependency, province, or other subdivision of government restrict the taking, killing, possession, or exportation to the United States, of any wild mammal or bird, alive or dead, or restrict the exportation to the United States of any part or product of any wild mammal or bird, whether raw or manufactured, no such mammal or bird, or part or product thereof, shall, after the expiration of ninety days after June 17, 1930, be imported into the United States from such country, dependency, province, or other subdivision of government, directly or indirectly, unless accompanied by a certification of the United States consul, for the consular district in which is located the port or place from which such mammal or bird, or part or product thereof, was exported from such country, dependency, province, or other subdivision of government, that such mammal or bird, or part or product thereof, has not been acquired or exported in violation of the laws or regulations of such country, dependency, province, or other subdivision of government.
**(b) Forfeiture** Any mammal or bird, alive or dead, or any part or product thereof, whether raw or manufactured, imported into the United States in violation of the provisions of the preceding subdivision shall be subject to seizure and forfeiture under the customs laws. Any such article so forfeited may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury and under such regulations as he may prescribe, be placed with the departments or bureaus of the Federal or State Governments, or with societies or museums, for exhibition or scientific or educational purposes, or destroyed, or (except in the case of heads or horns of wild mammals) sold in the manner provided by law.
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**(a) Importation prohibited** If the laws or regulations of any country, dependency, province, or other subdivision of government restrict the taking, killing, possession, or exportation to the United States, of any wild mammal or bird, alive or dead, or restrict the exportation to the United States of any part or product of any wild mammal or bird, whether raw or manufactured, no such mammal or bird, or part or product thereof, shall, after the expiration of ninety days after June 17, 1930, be imported into the United States from such country, dependency, province, or other subdivision of government, directly or indirectly, unless accompanied by a certification of the United States consul, for the consular district in which is located the port or place from which such mammal or bird, or part or product thereof, was exported from such country, dependency, province, or other subdivision of government, that such mammal or bird, or part or product thereof, has not been acquired or exported in violation of the laws or regulations of such country, dependency, province, or other subdivision of government.
**(b) Forfeiture** Any mammal or bird, alive or dead, or any part or product thereof, whether raw or manufactured, imported into the United States in violation of the provisions of the preceding subdivision shall be subject to seizure and forfeiture under the customs laws. Any such article so forfeited may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury and under such regulations as he may prescribe, be placed with the departments or bureaus of the Federal or State Governments, or with societies or museums, for exhibition or scientific or educational purposes, or destroyed, or (except in the case of heads or horns of wild mammals) sold in the manner provided by law.
**(c) Section not to apply in certain cases** The provisions of this section shall not apply in the case of—
(1) **Prohibited importations** — Articles the importation of which is prohibited under the provisions of this chapter, or of [section 42(a) of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section42/a&num=0&edition=prelim), or of any other law;
(2) **Scientific or educational purposes** — Wild mammals or birds, alive or dead, or parts or products thereof, whether raw or manufactured, imported for scientific or educational purposes;
(3) **Certain migratory game birds** — Migratory game birds (for which an open season is provided by the laws of the United States and any foreign country which is a party to a treaty with the United States, in effect on the date of importation, relating to the protection of such migratory game birds) brought into the United States by bona fide sportsmen returning from hunting trips in such country, if at the time of importation the possession of such birds is not prohibited by the laws of such country or of the United States.
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**(a) Civil penalties**
(1) Any person who knowingly violates, and any person engaged in business as an importer or exporter of fish, wildlife, or plants who violates, any provision of this chapter, or any provision of any permit or certificate issued hereunder, or of any regulation issued in order to implement subsection (a)(1)(A), (B), (C), (D), (E), or (F), (a)(2)(A), (B), (C), or (D), (c), (d) (other than regulation relating to recordkeeping or filing of reports), (f) or (g) of [section 1538 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1538&num=0&edition=prelim), may be assessed a civil penalty by the Secretary of not more than $25,000 for each violation. Any person who knowingly violates, and any person engaged in business as an importer or exporter of fish, wildlife, or plants who violates, any provision of any other regulation issued under this chapter may be assessed a civil penalty by the Secretary of not more than $12,000 for each such violation. Any person who otherwise violates any provision of this chapter, or any regulation, permit, or certificate issued hereunder, may be assessed a civil penalty by the Secretary of not more than $500 for each such violation. No penalty may be assessed under this subsection unless such person is given notice and opportunity for a hearing with respect to such violation. Each violation shall be a separate offense. Any such civil penalty may be remitted or mitigated by the Secretary. Upon any failure to pay a penalty assessed under this subsection, the Secretary may request the Attorney General to institute a civil action in a district court of the United States for any district in which such person is found, resides, or transacts business to collect the penalty and such court sh
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TITLE 19—CUSTOMS DUTIES
§ 1527
(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 526, 46 Stat. 741;
Pub. L. 93–596, § 3, Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1949; Pub.
L. 95–410, title II, § 211(a), (c), Oct. 3, 1978, 92
Stat. 903; Pub. L. 103–182, title VI, § 663, Dec. 8,
1993, 107 Stat. 2214; Pub. L. 104–153, §§ 9, 10, July
2, 1996, 110 Stat. 1388.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Sections 81 to 109 of title 15, referred to in subsecs. (a)
and (c), were repealed by act July 5, 1946, ch. 540, § 46(a),
61 Stat. 444. See sections 1051 to 1127, respectively, of
Title 15, Commerce and Trade.
Section 106 of title 15, referred to in subsec. (a), was
repealed by act July 15, 1946, ch. 540, § 46(a), 60 Stat. 444.
See section 1124 of Title 15.
PRIOR PROVISIONS
Provisions similar to those in this section were con-
tained in act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, § 526, 42
Stat. 975. That section was superseded by section 526 of
act June 17, 1930, comprising this section, and repealed
by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 act.
AMENDMENTS
1996—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 104–153, § 9, inserted ‘‘de-
stroy the merchandise. Alternatively, if the merchan-
dise is not unsafe or a hazard to health, and the Sec-
retary has the consent of the trademark owner, the
Secretary may’’ after ‘‘shall, after forfeiture,’’ in sec-
ond sentence, inserted ‘‘or’’ at end of par. (2), sub-
stituted period for ‘‘, or’’ at end of par. (3), and struck
out par. (4) which read as follows: ‘‘if the merchandise
is unsafe or a hazard to health, by destruction.’’
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 104–153, § 10, added subsec. (f).
1993—Subsec. (e)(3). Pub. L. 103–182 substituted ‘‘90
days’’ for ‘‘1 year’’ and ‘‘the Customs Service’’ for ‘‘ap-
propriate customs officers’’.
1978—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95–410, § 211(a)(1), sub-
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