§ 1706. — Importation in vessels under thirty tons and aircraft; licenses; labels as prima facie evidence of foreign origin of merchandise.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 19USC1706]
TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
CHAPTER 5--SMUGGLING
Sec. 1706. Importation in vessels under thirty tons and
aircraft; licenses; labels as prima facie evidence of foreign
origin of merchandise
Except into the districts adjoining to the Dominion of Canada, or
into the districts adjacent to Mexico, no merchandise of foreign growth
or manufacture subject to the payment of duties shall be brought into
the United States from any foreign port or place, or from any hovering
vessel, in any vessel of less than thirty net tons burden without
special license granted by the Secretary of the Treasury under such
conditions as he may prescribe, nor in any other manner than by sea,
except by aircraft duly licensed in accordance with law, or landed or
unladen at any other port than is directed by law, under the penalty of
seizure and forfeiture of all such unlicensed vessels or aircraft and of
the merchandise imported therein, landed or unladen in any manner.
Marks, labels, brands, or stamps, indicative of foreign origin, upon or
accompanying merchandise or containers of merchandise found upon any
such vessel or aircraft, shall be prima facie evidence of the foreign
origin of such merchandise.
(Aug. 5, 1935, ch. 438, title I, Sec. 6, 49 Stat. 519.)
