No merchandise, baggage, or passengers arriving in the United States from any foreign port or place, and no bonded merchandise or baggage being transported from one port to another, shall be unladen from the carrying aircraft, vessel or vehicle on Sunday, a holiday, or during overtime hours, except under special license granted by the appropriate customs officer under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe.
June 17, 1930, ch. 49746 Stat. 715Pub. L. 91–271, title III, § 301(b)84 Stat. 287Pub. L. 103–66, title XIII, § 13811(b)(2)107 Stat. 670(, title IV, § 450, ; , , ; , , .)
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
act of June 26, 1884, ch. 121, § 2523 Stat. 59act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, § 45042 Stat. 954Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in R.S. § 2872, as amended by the , , which was superseded by , , and was repealed by section 642 thereof. Section 450 of the 1922 act was superseded by section 450 of act , comprising this section, and repealed by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 act.
act June 30, 1906, ch. 390934 Stat. 633act Feb. 13, 1911, ch. 46section 643 of the act of Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356R.S. § 2871 providing for the granting of a special license to unlade at night, and the amendment thereof by , , were repealed by section 6 of , and provision for the grant of a special license to lade or unlade at night, and the grant of permits for immediate lading and unlading of vessels admitted to preliminary entry, etc., was made, in sections 1 and 4 of that act, which were repealed by .
act Feb. 27, 1877, ch. 69, § 119 Stat. 248section 642 of the act of Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356A special provision on the subject matter of this section for the northern, northeastern and northwestern frontiers was contained in R.S. § 3120, as amended by , , prior to repeal by .
Amendments
Pub. L. 103–661993— in section catchline substituted “during overtime hours” for “at night”, and in text substituted “during overtime hours” for “at night” and inserted “aircraft,” before “vessel”.
Pub. L. 91–2711970— substituted reference to appropriate customs officer for reference to collector.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1993 Amendment
Pub. L. 103–66section 13811(c) of Pub. L. 103–66section 267 of this titleAmendment by applicable to customs inspectional services provided on or after , see , set out as a note under .
Effective Date of 1970 Amendment
Pub. L. 91–271section 203 of Pub. L. 91–271section 1500 of this titleFor effective date of amendment by , see , set out as a note under .