                        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. 1464. Penalties in connection with sealed vessels and 
        vehicles
        
    If the master of such vessel or the person in charge of any such 
vehicle fails to proceed with reasonable promptness to the port of 
destination and to deliver such vessel or vehicle to the proper officers 
of the customs, or fails to proceed in accordance with such regulations 
of the Secretary of the Treasury, or unlades such merchandise or any 
part thereof at other than such port of destination, or disposes of any 
such merchandise by sale or otherwise, he shall be guilty of a felony 
and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $1,000 or 
imprisoned for not more than five years, or both; and any such vessel or 
vehicle, with its contents, shall be subject to forfeiture.

(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, Sec. 464, 46 Stat. 718.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions somewhat similar to those in this section, with a further 
provision for seizure of the vessel, car, or vehicle with its contents, 
and a provision that nothing therein should prevent sales of cargo prior 
to arrival, to be delivered per manifest and after due inspection, were 
contained in R.S. Sec. 3104, which was superseded in part by act Sept. 
21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, Sec. 464, 42 Stat. 957, and was repealed by 
section 642 thereof. Section 464 of the 1922 act was superseded by 
section 464 of act June 17, 1930, comprising this section, and repealed 
by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 act.
