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19 U.S.C. § 342 to 375 — Repealed. June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 651(a)(1), 46 Stat. 762

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19 U.S.C. § 342 to 375 — Repealed. June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 651(a)(1), 46 Stat. 762

### Statutory Notes Sections, act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, §§ 482(e), (f), 483, 484(a)–(g), 485(a)–(f), 486–497, 498(a), (b), 499, and 500(a)–(c), 42 Stat. 959–965, related to ascertainment, collection and recovery of goods. Provisions of Tariff Act of 1930 corresponding to section 342, see [section 1482(e) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1482/e&num=0&edition=prelim); section 343, see [section 1482(f) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1482/f&num=0&edition=prelim); section 344, see [section 1483 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1483&num=0&edition=prelim); section 345, see [section 1484(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1484/a&num=0&edition=prelim); section 346, see [section 1484(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1484/b&num=0&edition=prelim); section 347, see [section 1484(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1484/c&num=0&edition=prelim); section 348, see [section 1484(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1484/d&num=0&edition=prelim); section 349, see [section 1484(e) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1484/e&num=0&edition=prelim); section 350, see [section 1484(f) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1484/f&num=0&edition=prelim); section 351, see [section 1484(g) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-secti

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### Statutory Notes Sections, act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, §§ 482(e), (f), 483, 484(a)–(g), 485(a)–(f), 486–497, 498(a), (b), 499, and 500(a)–(c), 42 Stat. 959–965, related to ascertainment, collection and recovery of goods. Provisions of Tariff Act of 1930 corresponding to section 342, see [section 1482(e) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1482/e&num=0&edition=prelim); section 343, see [section 1482(f) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1482/f&num=0&edition=prelim); section 344, see [section 1483 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1483&num=0&edition=prelim); section 345, see [section 1484(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1484/a&num=0&edition=prelim); section 346, see [section 1484(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1484/b&num=0&edition=prelim); section 347, see [section 1484(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1484/c&num=0&edition=prelim); section 348, see [section 1484(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1484/d&num=0&edition=prelim); section 349, see [section 1484(e) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1484/e&num=0&edition=prelim); section 350, see [section 1484(f) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1484/f&num=0&edition=prelim); section 351, see [section 1484(g) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1484/g&num=0&edition=prelim); section 352, see [section 1485(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1485/a&num=0&edition=prelim); section 353, see [section 1485(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1485/b&num=0&edition=prelim); section 354, see [section 1485(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1485/c&num=0&edition=prelim); section 355, see [section 1485(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1485/d&num=0&edition=prelim); section 356, see [section 1485(e) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1485/e&num=0&edition=prelim); section 357, see [section 1485(f) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1485/f&num=0&edition=prelim); section 358, none, but see [section 1623 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1623&num=0&edition=prelim); section 359, see [section 1487 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1487&num=0&edition=prelim); section 360, see [section 1488 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1488&num=0&edition=prelim); section 361, see [section 1503(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1503/b&num=0&edition=prelim); section 362, see [section 1490 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1490&num=0&edition=prelim); section 363, see [section 1491 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1491&num=0&edition=prelim); section 364 see [section 1492 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1492&num=0&edition=prelim); section 365, see [section 1493 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1493&num=0&edition=prelim); section 366, see [section 1494 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1494&num=0&edition=prelim); section 367, see [section 1495 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1495&num=0&edition=prelim); section 368, see [section 1496 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1496&num=0&edition=prelim); section 369, see [section 1497 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1497&num=0&edition=prelim); section 370, see [section 1498(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1498/a&num=0&edition=prelim); section 371, see [section 1498(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1498/b&num=0&edition=prelim); section 372, see [section 1499 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1499&num=0&edition=prelim); section 373, see [section 1500(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1500/a&num=0&edition=prelim); section 374, see [section 1500(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1500/b&num=0&edition=prelim); section 375, see [section 1500(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1500/d&num=0&edition=prelim). #### Effective Date of Repeal Sections 342 and 343 repealed effective sixty days after enactment of repealing act. Sections 344 to 375 repealed effective on day following date of enactment of repealing act.

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19 U.S.C. § 1491 — Unclaimed merchandise; disposition of forfeited distilled spirits, wines and malt liquor

**(a) Appraisal and sale of unclaimed merchandise** Any entered or unentered merchandise (except merchandise entered under [section 1557 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1557&num=0&edition=prelim), but including merchandise entered for transportation in bond or for exportation) which shall remain in a bonded warehouse pursuant to [section 1490 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1490&num=0&edition=prelim) for 6 months from the date of importation thereof, without all estimated duties, taxes, fees, interest, storage, or other charges thereon having been paid, shall be considered unclaimed and abandoned to the Government and shall be appraised and sold by the Customs Service at public auction under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe. All gunpowder and other explosive substances and merchandise liable to depreciation in value by damage, leakage, or other cause to such extent that the proceeds of sale thereof may be insufficient to pay the duties, taxes, fees, interest, storage, and other charges, if permitted to remain in 11 So in original. The word “in” probably should not appear. pursuant to [section 1490 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1490&num=0&edition=prelim) in a bonded warehouse for 6 months, may be sold forthwith, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. Merchandise subject to sale hereunder or under [section 1559 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1559&num=0&edition=prelim) may be entered or withdrawn for consumption at any time prior to such sale upon payment of all duties, taxe

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19 U.S.C. § 1494 — Expense of weighing and measuring

In all cases in which the invoice or entry does not state the weight, quantity, or measure of the merchandise, the expense of ascertaining the same shall be collected from the importer of record before its release from customs custody.

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19 U.S.C. § 1487 — Value in entry; amendment

The importer of record or his agent may, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, at the time entry is made, make in the entry such additions to or deductions from the cost or value given in the invoice as, in his opinion, may raise or lower the same to the value of such merchandise.

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19 U.S.C. § 1623 — Bonds and other security

**(a) Requirement of bond by regulation** In any case in which bond or other security is not specifically required by law, the Secretary of the Treasury may by regulation or specific instruction require, or authorize customs officers to require, such bonds or other security as he, or they, may deem necessary for the protection of the revenue or to assure compliance with any provision of law, regulation, or instruction which the Secretary of the Treasury or the Customs Service may be authorized to enforce. **(b) Conditions and form of bond** Whenever a bond is required or authorized by a law, regulation, or instruction which the Secretary of the Treasury or the Customs Service is authorized to enforce, the Secretary of the Treasury may— (1) Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, prescribe the conditions and form of such bond and the manner in which the bond may be filed with or, pursuant to an authorized electronic data interchange system, transmitted to the Customs Service, and fix the amount of penalty thereof, whether for the payment of liquidated damages or of a penal sum: Provided, That when a consolidated bond authorized by paragraph 4 of this subsection is taken, the Secretary of the Treasury may fix the penalty of such bond without regard to any other provision of law, regulation, or instruction. (2) Provide for the approval of the sureties on such bond, without regard to any general provision of law. (3) Authorize the execution of a term bond the conditions of which shall extend to and cover similar cases of importations over such period of time, not to exceed one year, or such longer period as he may fix when in his opinion special circumstances existing in a particular instance require such longer period. (4) Authorize, to the extent that he ma

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19 U.S.C. § 1497 — Penalties for failure to declare

**(a) In general** (1) Any article which— (A) is not included in the declaration and entry as made or transmitted; and (B) is not mentioned before examination of the baggage begins— (i) in writing by such person, if written declaration and entry was required, or (ii) orally, if written declaration and entry was not required; shall be subject to forfeiture and such person shall be liable for a penalty determined under paragraph (2) with respect to such article. (2) The amount of the penalty imposed under paragraph (1) with respect to any article is equal to— (A) if the article is a controlled substance, either $500 or an amount equal to 1,000 percent of the value of the article, whichever amount is greater; and (B) if the article is not a controlled substance, the value of the article. **(b) Value of controlled substances** (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the value of any controlled substance shall, for purposes of this section, be equal to the amount determined by the Secretary in consultation with the Attorney General of the United States, to be equal to the price at which such controlled substance is likely to be illegally sold to the consumer of such controlled substance. (2) The Secretary and the Attorney General of the United States shall establish a method of determining the price at which each controlled substance is likely to be illegally sold to the consumer of such controlled substance.

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19 U.S.C. § 1495 — Partnership bond

When any bond is required by law or regulations to be executed by any partnership for any purpose connected with the transaction of business at any customhouse, the execution of such bond by any member of such partnership shall bind the other partners in like manner and to the same extent as if such other partners had personally joined in the execution, and an action or suit may be instituted on such bond against all partners as if all had executed the same.

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19 U.S.C. § 1492 — Destruction of abandoned or forfeited merchandise

Except as provided in R.S. § 3369 (relating to tobacco and snuff), and in section 901 of the Revenue Act of 1926 (relating to distilled spirits), any merchandise abandoned or forfeited to the Government under the preceding or any other provision of the customs laws, which is subject to internal revenue tax and which the Customs Service shall be satisfied will not sell for a sufficient amount to pay such taxes, shall be forthwith destroyed, retained for official use, or otherwise disposed of under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, instead of being sold at auction.

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19 U.S.C. § 1499 — Examination of merchandise

**(a) Entry examination** (1) **In general** — Imported merchandise that is required by law or regulation to be inspected, examined, or appraised shall not be delivered from customs custody (except under such bond or other security as may be prescribed by the Secretary to assure compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and instructions which the Secretary or the Customs Service is authorized to enforce) until the merchandise has been inspected, appraised, or examined and is reported by the Customs Service to have been truly and correctly invoiced and found to comply with the requirements of the laws of the United States. (2) **Examination** — The Customs Service— (A) shall designate the packages or quantities of merchandise covered by any invoice or entry which are to be opened and examined for the purpose of appraisement or otherwise; (B) shall order such packages or quantities to be sent to such place as is designated by the Secretary by regulation for such purpose; (C) may require such additional packages or quantities as the Secretary considers necessary for such purpose; and (D) shall inspect a sufficient number of shipments, and shall examine a sufficient number of entries, to ensure compliance with the laws enforced by the Customs Service. (3) **Unspecified articles** — If any package contains any article not specified in the invoice or entry and, in the opinion of the Customs Service, the article was omitted from the invoice or entry— (A) with fraudulent intent on the part of the seller, shipper, owner, agent, importer of record, or entry filer, the contents of the entire package in which such article is found shall be subject to seizure; or (B) without fraudulent intent, the value of the article shall be added to the entry and the

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19 U.S.C. § 1488 — Repealed. Pub. L. 91–271, title II, § 204(b), June 2, 1970, 84 Stat. 283

### Statutory Notes Section, act June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 488, 46 Stat. 725, authorized a collector to cause the appraisal of entered merchandise. #### Effective Date of Repeal For effective date of repeal, see section 203 of Pub. L. 91–271, set out as an Effective Date of 1970 Amendment note under [section 1500 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1500&num=0&edition=prelim).

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19 U.S.C. § 1490 — General orders

**(a) Incomplete entry** (1) Whenever— (A) the entry of any imported merchandise is not made within the time provided by law or by regulation prescribed by the Secretary; (B) the entry of imported merchandise is incomplete because of failure to pay the estimated duties, fees, or interest; (C) in the opinion of the Customs Service, the entry of imported merchandise cannot be made for want of proper documents or other cause; or (D) the Customs Service believes that any merchandise is not correctly and legally invoiced; the carrier (unless subject to subsection (c)) shall notify the bonded warehouse of such unentered merchandise. (2) After notification under paragraph (1), the bonded warehouse shall arrange for the transportation and storage of the merchandise at the risk and expense of the consignee. The merchandise shall remain in the bonded warehouse until— (A) entry is made or completed and the proper documents are produced; (B) the information and data necessary for entry are transmitted to the Customs Service pursuant to an authorized electronic data interchange system; or (C) a bond is given for the production of documents or the transmittal of data. **(b) Request for possession by Customs** At the request of the consignee of any merchandise, or of the owner or master of the vessel or the person in charge of the vehicle in which the same is imported, any merchandise may be taken possession of by the Customs Service after the expiration of one day after the entry of the vessel or report of the vehicle and may be unladen and held at the risk and expense of the consignee until entry thereof is made. **(c) Government merchandise** Any imported merchandise that— (1) is described in any of subparagraphs (A) through (D) of subsection (a)(1); and

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