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19 U.S.C. § 1589a — Enforcement authority of customs officers
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Subject to the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, an officer of the customs may—
(1) carry a firearm;
(2) execute and serve any order, warrant, subpena, summons, or other process issued under the authority of the United States;
(3) make an arrest without a warrant for any offense against the United States committed in the officer’s presence or for a felony, cognizable under the laws of the United States committed outside the officer’s presence if the officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing a felony; and
(4) perform any other law enforcement duty that the Secretary of the Treasury may designate.
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Subject to the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, an officer of the customs may—
(1) carry a firearm;
(2) execute and serve any order, warrant, subpena, summons, or other process issued under the authority of the United States;
(3) make an arrest without a warrant for any offense against the United States committed in the officer’s presence or for a felony, cognizable under the laws of the United States committed outside the officer’s presence if the officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing a felony; and
(4) perform any other law enforcement duty that the Secretary of the Treasury may designate.
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**(a) Marking of articles** Except as hereinafter provided, every article of foreign origin (or its container, as provided in subsection (b) hereof) imported into the United States shall be marked in a conspicuous place as legibly, indelibly, and permanently as the nature of the article (or container) will permit in such manner as to indicate to an ultimate purchaser in the United States the English name of the country of origin of the article. The Secretary of the Treasury may by regulations—
(1) Determine the character of words and phrases or abbreviations thereof which shall be acceptable as indicating the country of origin and prescribe any reasonable method of marking, whether by printing, stenciling, stamping, branding, labeling, or by any other reasonable method, and a conspicuous place on the article (or container) where the marking shall appear;
(2) Require the addition of any other words or symbols which may be appropriate to prevent deception or mistake as to the origin of the article or as to the origin of any other article with which such imported article is usually combined subsequent to importation but before delivery to an ultimate purchaser; and
(3) Authorize the exception of any article from the requirements of marking if—
(A) Such article is incapable of being marked;
(B) Such article cannot be marked prior to shipment to the United States without injury;
(C) Such article cannot be marked prior to shipment to the United States, except at an expense economically prohibitive of its importation;
(D) The marking of a container of such article will reasonably indicate the origin of such article;
(E) Such article is a crude substance;
(F) Such article is imported for use by the importer and not intended for sale in its imported or any o
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If any merchandise entered or withdrawn for exportation without payment of the duties thereon, or with intent to obtain a drawback of the duties paid, or of any other allowances given by law on the exportation thereof, is relanded at any place in the United States without entry having been made, such merchandise shall be considered as having been imported into the United States contrary to law, and each person concerned shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both; and such merchandise shall be forfeited.
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### Statutory Notes
Section, act June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 589, as added Oct. 12, 1984, Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 320, 98 Stat. 2056, set forth arrest authority of customs officers.
#### Codification
Another section 589 of act June 17, 1930, was added by Pub. L. 98–573, title II, § 213(a)(17), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2988, and is classified to [section 1589a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1589a&num=0&edition=prelim).
A prior section 589 of act June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, 46 Stat. 750, related to unlawful relanding and was classified to this section, prior to repeal by act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 21, 62 Stat. 862, eff. Sept. 1, 1948. See [section 544 of Title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section544&num=0&edition=prelim), Crimes and Criminal Procedure.
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TITLE 19—CUSTOMS DUTIES
§ 1590
Stat. 981. That section was superseded by section 588 of
act June 17, 1930, comprising this section, and repealed
by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 act.
Provisions substantially the same as those in this
section, except that they applied only to ports on the
northern, northeastern and northwestern frontiers,
were contained in R.S. § 3110, prior to repeal by act
Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, § 642, 42 Stat. 989.
AMENDMENTS
1937—Act Aug. 5, 1935, amended section generally.
§ 1588. Transportation between American ports
via foreign ports
If any merchandise is laden at any port or
place in the United States upon any vessel be-
longing wholly or in part to a subject of a for-
eign country, and is taken thence to a foreign
port or place to be reladen and reshipped to any
other port in the United States, either by the
same or by another vessel, foreign or American,
with intent to evade the provisions relating to
the transportation of merchandise from one port
or place of the United States to another port or
place of the United States in a vessel belonging
wholly or in part to a subject of any foreign
power, the merchandise shall, on its arrival at
such last-named port or place, be seized and for-
feited to the United States, and the vessel shall
pay a tonnage duty of 50 cents per net ton.
(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 588, 46 Stat. 749.)
§ 1589. Repealed. Pub. L. 100–690, title VII,
§ 7367(c)(5), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4480
Section, act June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 589, as
added Oct. 12, 1984, Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 320, 98 Stat.
2056, set forth arrest authority of customs officers.
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Another section 589 of act June 17, 1930, was added by
Pub. L. 98–573, t
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