                        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. 1454. Unlading of passengers; penalty

    If any passenger is unladen from any vessel or vehicle without a 
special license or permit therefor issued by the appropriate customs 
officer, the master of such vessel or the person in charge of such 
vehicle and every other person who knowingly is concerned, or who aids 
therein, shall each be liable to a penalty of $1,000 for the first 
passenger and $500 for each additional such passenger so unladen.

(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, Sec. 454, 46 Stat. 716; Pub. L. 91-
271, title III, Sec. 301(b), June 2, 1970, 84 Stat. 287; Pub. L. 99-570, 
title III, Sec. 3114, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207-82.)


                               Amendments

    1986--Pub. L. 99-570 substituted ``$1,000 for the first passenger 
and $500 for each additional such passenger'' for ``$500 for each such 
passenger''.
    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.
