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Code · U.S. Code · Title 19 - CUSTOMS DUTIES · CHAPTER 4— TARIFF ACT OF 1930 · Part II— Report, Entry, and Unlading of Vessels and Vehicles · § 1462

§ 1462. Forfeiture 11 See Codification note below.

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If such 1 owner, agent, or other person shall fail to comply with his demand, the officer 1 shall retain such trunk, traveling bag, sack, valise, or other container or closed vehicle, and open the same, and, as soon thereafter as may be practicable, examine the contents, and if any article subject to duty or any article the importation of which is prohibited is found therein, the whole contents and the container or vehicle shall be subject to forfeiture.
(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 462, 46 Stat. 718.)
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  • June 17, 1930, ch. 497
  • 46 Stat. 718
  • Pub. L. 99–570
  • act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, § 462
  • 42 Stat. 956
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Forfeiture 11 See Codification note below.
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ActJune 17, 1930, ch. 497
Stat.46 Stat. 718
Pub. L.Pub. L. 99–570
Actact Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, § 462
Stat.42 Stat. 956
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