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[CITE: 50USC224]

 
                   TITLE 50--WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                        CHAPTER 13--INSURRECTION
 
Sec. 224. Refusing clearance to vessels with suspected cargoes; 
        forfeiture for departing without clearance
        
    The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to refuse a clearance to 
any vessel or other vehicle laden with merchandise, destined for a 
foreign or domestic port, whenever he shall have satisfactory reason to 
believe that such merchandise, or any part thereof, whatever may be its 
ostensible destination, is intended for ports in possession or under 
control of insurgents against the United States; and if any vessel for 
which a clearance or permit has been refused by the Secretary of the 
Treasury, or by his order, shall depart or attempt to depart for a 
foreign or domestic port without being duly cleared or permitted, such 
vessel, with her tackle, apparel, furniture, and cargo, shall be 
forfeited.

(R.S. Sec. 5320.)

                          Codification

    R.S. Sec. 5320 derived from act May 20, 1862, ch. 81, Sec. 1, 12 
Stat. 404.
