                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
              CHAPTER 3--THE TARIFF AND RELATED PROVISIONS
 
                   SUBTITLE IV--CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION
 
                        Administrative Provisions
 
      part 4--transportation in bond and warehousing of merchandise
 
Sec. 460. Retention of distilled spirits, wines, etc., in 
        warehouse during prohibitory period
        
    Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, any 
imported distilled spirits, wines, or other liquors which may be in any 
customs bonded warehouse under the customs laws on the date any 
prohibition of their sale or removal, by any Act of Congress, or 
proclamation of the President of the United States takes effect shall be 
permitted to remain therein without payment of any taxes or duties 
thereon, beyond the three-year period provided by law, during such 
period of prohibition; and may be exported at any time during such 
extended period. Any imported spirits, wines, or other liquors as to 
which the three-year bonded period may have expired after February 24, 
1919, and prior to the date such prohibition takes effect may at the 
option of the owner remain in bond during such period of prohibition.

(Feb. 24, 1919, ch. 18, Sec. 600(b), 40 Stat. 1106.)

                       References in Text

    The customs laws, referred to in text, are classified generally to 
this title.
