                        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. 1450. Unlading on Sundays, holidays, or during overtime 
        hours
        
    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. 497, title IV, Sec. 450, 46 Stat. 715; Pub. L. 91-
271, title III, Sec. 301(b), June 2, 1970, 84 Stat. 287; Pub. L. 103-66, 
title XIII, Sec. 13811(b)(2), Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 670.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in R.S. 
Sec. 2872, as amended by the act of June 26, 1884, ch. 121, Sec. 25, 23 
Stat. 59, which was superseded by act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, 
Sec. 450, 42 Stat. 954, and was repealed by section 642 thereof. Section 
450 of the 1922 act was superseded by section 450 of act June 17, 1930, 
comprising this section, and repealed by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 
act.
    R.S. Sec. 2871 providing for the granting of a special license to 
unlade at night, and the amendment thereof by act June 30, 1906, ch. 
3909, 34 Stat. 633, were repealed by section 6 of act Feb. 13, 1911, ch. 
46, 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4 of that act, which were repealed by section 643 of the act of Sept. 
21, 1922, ch. 356.
    A special provision on the subject matter of this section for the 
northern, northeastern and northwestern frontiers was contained in R.S. 
Sec. 3120, as amended by act Feb. 27, 1877, ch. 69, Sec. 1, 19 Stat. 
248, prior to repeal by section 642 of the act of Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 
356.


                               Amendments

    1993--Pub. L. 103-66 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''.
    1970--Pub. L. 91-271 substituted reference to appropriate customs 
officer for reference to collector.


                    Effective Date of 1993 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 103-66 applicable to customs inspectional 
services provided on or after Jan. 1, 1994, see section 13811(c) of Pub. 
L. 103-66, set out as a note under section 267 of this title.


                    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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1451 of this title; title 5 
section 5549.
