                        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. 1449. Unlading at port of entry

    Except as provided in sections 1442 and 1447 of this title (relating 
to residue cargo and to bulk cargo respectively), merchandise and 
baggage imported in any vessel by sea shall be unladen at the port of 
entry to which such vessel is destined, unless (1) such vessel is 
compelled by any cause to put into another port of entry, and the 
Customs Service issues a permit for the unlading of such merchandise or 
baggage at such port, or (2) the Secretary of the Treasury, because of 
an emergency existing at the port of destination, authorizes such vessel 
to proceed to another port of entry. Merchandise and baggage so unladen 
may be entered in the same manner as other imported merchandise or 
baggage and may be treated as unclaimed merchandise or baggage and 
stored at the expense and risk of the owner thereof, or may be reladen 
without entry upon the vessel from which it was unladen for 
transportation to its destination.

(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, Sec. 449, 46 Stat. 714; Pub. L. 91-
271, title III, Sec. 301(b), June 2, 1970, 84 Stat. 287; Pub. L. 103-
182, title VI, Sec. 649(b), 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. 449, 42 Stat. 954. That section 
was superseded by section 449 of act June 17, 1930, comprising this 
section, and repealed by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 act.
    Provisions concerning protests and reports by vessels compelled by 
distress of weather or other necessity to put into a port of the United 
States; permits for the unlading thereof; the storage of the goods; the 
disposal of perishable goods; variances between the report, and the 
delivery of the cargo, and the reloading of such vessels, and a special 
provision for Spanish vessels arriving in distress, were contained in 
R.S. Secs. 2891-2895. Provisions for report and entry of vessels 
prevented by ice from getting to the port or place at which her cargo 
was intended to be delivered, and for the unlading or landing of the 
cargo, were contained in R.S. Sec. 2896. All of these sections were 
repealed by act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, Sec. 642, 42 Stat. 
989.


                               Amendments

    1993--Pub. L. 103-182 substituted ``Customs Service issues a permit 
for the unlading of such merchandise or baggage at such port,'' for 
``appropriate customs officer of such port issues a permit for the 
unlading of such merchandise or baggage,''.
    1970--Pub. L. 91-271 substituted reference to appropriate customs 
officers 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.
