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[CITE: 8USC1224]

 
                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
                 CHAPTER 12--IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY
 
                       SUBCHAPTER II--IMMIGRATION
 
 Part IV--Inspection, Apprehension, Examination, Exclusion, and Removal
 
Sec. 1224. Designation of ports of entry for aliens arriving by 
        aircraft
        
    The Attorney General is authorized (1) by regulation to designate as 
ports of entry for aliens arriving by aircraft any of the ports of entry 
for civil aircraft designated as such in accordance with law; (2) by 
regulation to provide such reasonable requirements for aircraft in civil 
air navigation with respect to giving notice of intention to land in 
advance of landing, or notice of landing, as shall be deemed necessary 
for purposes of administration and enforcement of this chapter; and (3) 
by regulation to provide for the application to civil air navigation of 
the provisions of this chapter where not expressly so provided in this 
chapter to such extent and upon such conditions as he deems necessary. 
Any person who violates any regulation made under this section shall be 
subject to a civil penalty of $2,000 which may be remitted or mitigated 
by the Attorney General in accordance with such proceedings as the 
Attorney General shall by regulation prescribe. In case the violation is 
by the owner or person in command of the aircraft, the penalty shall be 
a lien upon the aircraft, and such aircraft may be libeled therefore in 
the appropriate United States court. The determination by the Attorney 
General and remission or mitigation of the civil penalty shall be final. 
In case the violation is by the owner or person in command of the 
aircraft, the penalty shall be a lien upon the aircraft and may be 
collected by proceedings in rem which shall conform as nearly as may be 
to civil suits in admiralty. The Supreme Court of the United States, and 
under its direction other courts of the United States, are authorized to 
prescribe rules regulating such proceedings against aircraft in any 
particular not otherwise provided by law. Any aircraft made subject to a 
lien by this section may be summarily seized by, and placed in the 
custody of such persons as the Attorney General may by regulation 
prescribe. The aircraft may be released from such custody upon deposit 
of such amount not exceeding $2,000 as the Attorney General may 
prescribe, or of a bond in such sum and with such sureties as the 
Attorney General may prescribe, conditioned upon the payment of the 
penalty which may be finally determined by the Attorney General.

(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 4, Sec. 234, formerly Sec. 239, 
66 Stat. 203; Pub. L. 101-649, title V, Sec. 543(a)(3), Nov. 29, 1990, 
104 Stat. 5058; Pub. L. 102-232, title III, Sec. 306(c)(2), Dec. 12, 
1991, 105 Stat. 1752; renumbered Sec. 234, Pub. L. 104-208, div. C, 
title III, Sec. 304(a)(1), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009-587.)

                          Codification

    Section was formerly classified to section 1229 of this title prior 
to renumbering by Pub. L. 104-208.


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 1224, act June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 4, 
Sec. 234, 66 Stat. 198, as amended, which related to physical and mental 
examinations, was renumbered section 232(b) of act June 27, 1952, by 
Pub. L. 104-208, div. C, title III, Sec. 308(b)(3), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 
Stat. 3009-615, and was transferred to section 1222(b) of this title.


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-232 made technical correction to directory 
language of Pub. L. 101-649. See 1990 Amendment note below.
    1990--Pub. L. 101-649, as amended by Pub. L. 102-232, substituted 
``$2,000'' for ``$500'' in two places.


                    Effective Date of 1991 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 102-232 effective as if included in the 
enactment of the Immigration Act of 1990, Pub. L. 101-649, see section 
310(1) of Pub. L. 102-232, set out as a note under section 1101 of this 
title.


                    Effective Date of 1990 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 101-649 applicable to actions taken after Nov. 
29, 1990, see section 543(c) of Pub. L. 101-649, set out as a note under 
section 1221 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1221, 1330 of this title.
