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[CITE: 48USC739]

 
              TITLE 48--TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
 
                         CHAPTER 4--PUERTO RICO
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 739. Duties on foreign imports; books and pamphlets in 
        English language
        
    The same tariffs, customs, and duties shall be levied, collected, 
and paid upon all articles imported into Puerto Rico from ports other 
than those of the United States which are required by law to be 
collected upon articles imported into the United States from foreign 
countries. All books and pamphlets printed in the English language shall 
be admitted into Puerto Rico free of duty when imported from the United 
States.

(Apr. 12, 1900, ch. 191, Sec. 2, 31 Stat. 77; Aug. 5, 1909, ch. 6, 
Sec. 1, 36 Stat. 71, 74; May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 158.)

                          Codification

    Section was not enacted as part of the Puerto Rican Federal 
Relations Act which comprises this chapter.


                               Amendments

    1909--Act Aug. 5, 1909, placed coffee in the bean or ground, 
imported into Puerto Rico, formerly subject to a duty of 5 cents, on the 
duty free list.

                         Change of Name

    ``Puerto Rico'' substituted in text for ``Porto Rico'' pursuant to 
act May 17, 1932, which is classified to section 731a of this title.
