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[CITE: 16USC4223]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
                CHAPTER 62--AFRICAN ELEPHANT CONSERVATION
 
              SUBCHAPTER II--MORATORIA AND PROHIBITED ACTS
 
Sec. 4223. Prohibited acts

    Except as provided in section 4222(e) of this title, it is unlawful 
for any person--
        (1) to import raw ivory from any country other than an ivory 
    producing country;
        (2) to export raw ivory from the United States;
        (3) to import raw or worked ivory that was exported from an 
    ivory producing country in violation of that country's laws or of 
    the CITES Ivory Control System;
        (4) to import worked ivory, other than personal effects, from 
    any country unless that country has certified that such ivory was 
    derived from legal sources; or
        (5) to import raw or worked ivory from a country for which a 
    moratorium is in effect under section 4222 of this title.

(Pub. L. 100-478, title II, Sec. 2203, Oct. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 2320.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 4224 of this title.
