1If the master of such vessel or the person in charge of any such vehicle fails to proceed with reasonable promptness to the port of destination and to deliver such vessel or vehicle to the proper officers of the customs, or fails to proceed in accordance with such regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury, or unlades such merchandise or any part thereof at other than such port of destination, or disposes of any such merchandise by sale or otherwise, he shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both; and any such vessel or vehicle, with its contents, shall be subject to forfeiture.
June 17, 1930, ch. 49746 Stat. 718(, title IV, § 464, .)
Editorial Notes
Codification
section 1459 of this titlesection 1459 of this titlePub. L. 99–570section 1463 of this titleAs enacted by act , the catchline for this section was “Same—penalties in connection with sealed vessels and vehicles”, as this section was intended to be read as a continuation of the provisions introduced in . When first enacted, related to arrival in the United States from a contiguous country but has since been amended by to relate to arrival more generally. The uses of “such” throughout the text are meant to refer back to .
Prior Provisions
act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, § 46442 Stat. 957Provisions somewhat similar to those in this section, with a further provision for seizure of the vessel, car, or vehicle with its contents, and a provision that nothing therein should prevent sales of cargo prior to arrival, to be delivered per manifest and after due inspection, were contained in R.S. § 3104, which was superseded in part by , , and was repealed by section 642 thereof. Section 464 of the 1922 act was superseded by section 464 of act , comprising this section, and repealed by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 act.