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19 U.S.C. § 1582 — Search of persons and baggage; regulations
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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.
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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.
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### Statutory Notes
Sections, act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, §§ 582–591, 42 Stat. 979–981, related to examination of persons and baggage, production and certification of manifests, and enforcement provisions.
Provisions of Tariff Act of 1930 corresponding to section 484, see [section 1582 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1582&num=0&edition=prelim): section 485, see [section 1583 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1583&num=0&edition=prelim); section 486, see [section 1584 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1584&num=0&edition=prelim); section 487, see [section 1585 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1585&num=0&edition=prelim); section 488, see [section 1586 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1586&num=0&edition=prelim); section 489, see [section 1586(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1586/d&num=0&edition=prelim); section 490, see [section 1588 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1588&num=0&edition=prelim).
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TITLE 19—CUSTOMS DUTIES
§ 1582
and arrest any person engaged in the breach or
violation of the navigation laws.
(c) Penalty for presenting forged, altered, or
false documents
Any master of a vessel being examined as
herein provided, who presents any forged, al-
tered, or false document or paper to the exam-
ining officer, knowing the same to be forged, al-
tered, or false and without revealing the fact
shall, in addition to any forfeiture to which in
consequence the vessel may be subject, be liable
to a fine of not more than $5,000 nor less than
$500.
(d) Penalty for failure to stop at command
Any vessel or vehicle which, at any authorized
place, is directed to come to a stop by any offi-
cer of the customs, or is directed to come to a
stop by signal made by any vessel employed in
the service of the customs and displaying proper
insignia, shall come to a stop, and upon failure
to comply a vessel or vehicle so directed to come
to a stop shall become subject to pursuit and the
master, owner, operator, or person in charge
thereof shall be liable to a penalty of not more
than $5,000 nor less than $1,000.
(e) Seizure of vessel or merchandise
If upon the examination of any vessel or vehi-
cle it shall appear that a breach of the laws of
the United States is being or has been com-
mitted so as to render such vessel or vehicle, or
the merchandise, or any part thereof, on board
of, or brought into the United States by, such
vessel or vehicle, liable to forfeiture or to secure
any fine or penalty, the same shall be seized and
any person who has engaged in such breach shall
be arrested.
(f) Duty of customs officers to seize vessel
It shall be the duty of the several officers of
the customs to seize and secure any vessel, vehi-
cle, or merch
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