Shipping - 46 USC Appendix Section 163
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01/19/04 Sec. 163. Regulations as to boarding arriving vessels before
inspection
The Commissioner of Customs is authorized and directed to
prescribe from time to time and enforce regulations governing the
boarding of vessels arriving at the seaports of the United States,
before such vessels have been properly inspected and placed in
security, and for that purpose to employ any of the officers of the
United States Customs Service. Each person violating such
regulations shall be subject to a penalty of not more than $100 or
imprisonment not to exceed six months, or both, in the discretion
of the court. This section shall be construed as supplementary to
section 9 of act August 2, 1882 (22 Stat. 189), and section 2279 of
title 18.
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section 4 of act Mar. 31, 1900, provided: "That this Act
[enacting this section] shall take effect thirty days after its
passage."
Last modified: April 20, 2006
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