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Code · U.S. Code · Title 19 - CUSTOMS DUTIES · CHAPTER 4— TARIFF ACT OF 1930 · Part I— Miscellaneous · § 1307

§ 1307. Convict-made goods; importation prohibited

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All goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part in any foreign country by convict labor or/and forced labor or/and indentured labor under penal sanctions shall not be entitled to entry at any of the ports of the United States, and the importation thereof is hereby prohibited, and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to prescribe such regulations as may be necessary for the enforcement of this provision.
“Forced labor”, as herein used, shall mean all work or service which is exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty for its nonperformance and for which the worker does not offer himself voluntarily. For purposes of this section, the term “forced labor or/and indentured labor” includes forced or indentured child labor.
(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title III, § 307, 46 Stat. 689; Pub. L. 106–200, title IV, § 411(a), May 18, 2000, 114 Stat. 298; Pub. L. 114–125, title IX, § 910(a)(1), Feb. 24, 2016, 130 Stat. 239.)
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  • June 17, 1930, ch. 497
  • 46 Stat. 689
  • Pub. L. 106–200, title IV, § 411(a)
  • 114 Stat. 298
  • 130 Stat. 239
  • act Oct. 3, 1913, ch. 16
  • 38 Stat. 195
  • act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title III, § 307
  • 42 Stat. 937
  • Pub. L. 106–200
  • Pub. L. 106–200, title IV, § 411(b)
  • Pub. L. 108–90, title V, § 514
  • 117 Stat. 1154
  • Pub. L. 108–90, title V, § 515
  • Pub. L. 105–261, div. C, title XXXVII, § 3702
  • 112 Stat. 2275
  • Pub. L. 100–418, title I, § 1906
  • 102 Stat. 1313
  • Pub. L. 103–199, title II, § 204(a)
  • 107 Stat. 2322
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§ 1307
Convict-made goods; importation prohibited
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ActJune 17, 1930, ch. 497
Stat.46 Stat. 689
Pub. L.Pub. L. 106–200, title IV, § 411(a)
Stat.114 Stat. 298
Stat.130 Stat. 239
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