                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                      CHAPTER 4--TARIFF ACT OF 1930
 
                 SUBTITLE III--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
      Part II--Report, Entry, and Unlading of Vessels and Vehicles
 
Sec. 1447. Place of entry and unlading

    It shall be unlawful to make entry of any vessel or to unlade the 
cargo or any part thereof of any vessel elsewhere than at a port of 
entry: Provided, That upon good cause therefor being shown, the 
Commissioner of Customs may permit entry of any vessel to be made at a 
place other than a port of entry designated by him, under such 
conditions as he shall prescribe: And provided further, That any vessel 
laden with merchandise in bulk may proceed after entry of such vessel to 
any place designated by the Secretary of the Treasury for the purpose of 
unlading such cargo, under the supervision of customs officers if the 
Customs Service considers the same necessary, and in such case the 
compensation and expenses of such officers shall be reimbursed to the 
Government by the party in interest.

(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, Sec. 447, 46 Stat. 714; 1946 Reorg. 
Plan No. 3, Secs. 101-104, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7875, 60 Stat. 
1097; Pub. L. 91-271, title III, Sec. 301(b), June 2, 1970, 84 Stat. 
287; Pub. L. 103-182, title VI, Sec. 649(a), Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 
2208.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in act 
Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, Sec. 447, 42 Stat. 953. That section 
was superseded by section 447 of act June 17, 1930, comprising this 
section, and repealed by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 act.
    Provisions concerning the place of entry and unlading of foreign 
vessels and vessels from foreign ports were contained in R.S. Secs. 2770 
and 2771, prior to repeal by act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, 
Sec. 642, 42 Stat. 989.
    Special provisions concerning the place of lading and unlading 
vessels laden with the products of Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, 
Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island were contained in R.S. Sec. 3129, 
prior to repeal by section 642 of the 1922 act.
    R.S. Sec. 2897 authorized Secretary of the Treasury, under 
regulations by him prescribed, to permit unloading of salt, imported 
from foreign places, on right bank of Mississippi River, opposite New 
Orleans, at any point on said bank between upper and lower corporate 
limits of said city, prior to repeal by act Mar. 3, 1897, ch. 389, 
Sec. 16, 29 Stat. 691.


                               Amendments

    1993--Pub. L. 103-182 substituted ``the Customs Service considers'' 
for ``the appropriate customs officer shall consider''.
    1970--Pub. L. 91-271 substituted reference to appropriate customs 
officer for reference to collector.


                    Effective Date of 1970 Amendment

    For effective date of amendment by Pub. L. 91-271, see section 203 
of Pub. L. 91-271, set out as a note under section 1500 of this title.

                          Transfer of Functions

    Functions of all officers of Department of the Treasury and 
functions of all agencies and employees of such Department transferred, 
with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Treasury, with power vested 
in him to authorize their performance or performance of any of his 
functions, by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by Reorg. 
Plan No. 26 of 1950, Secs. 1, 2, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F.R. 4935, 64 
Stat. 1280, 1281, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government 
Organization and Employees. Customs personnel, referred to in text, are 
under Department of the Treasury.
    ``Commissioner of Customs'' substituted in text for ``Secretary of 
Commerce'' on authority of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946, set out in the 
Appendix to Title 5.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1449 of this title.
