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[CITE: 19USC1494]

 
                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                      CHAPTER 4--TARIFF ACT OF 1930
 
                 SUBTITLE III--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
       Part III--Ascertainment, Collection, and Recovery of Duties
 
Sec. 1494. Expense of weighing and measuring

    In all cases in which the invoice or entry does not state the 
weight, quantity, or measure of the merchandise, the expense of 
ascertaining the same shall be collected from the importer of record 
before its release from customs custody.

(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, Sec. 494, 46 Stat. 727; Pub. L. 97-
446, title II, Sec. 201(e), Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2350.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in act 
Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, Sec. 494, 42 Stat. 964. That section 
was superseded by section 494 of act June 17, 1930, comprising this 
section, and repealed by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 act.
    A prior provision requiring merchandise to be weighed, gauged or 
measured at the expense of the owner, agent or consignee, in cases in 
which the invoice or entry did not contain the weight, quantity or 
measure was contained in R.S. Sec. 2920, prior to repeal by act Sept. 
21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, Sec. 642, 42 Stat. 989.


                               Amendments

    1983--Pub. L. 97-446 substituted ``importer of record'' for 
``consignee'' after ``collected from the''.


                    Effective Date of 1983 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 97-446 applicable with respect to merchandise 
entered on and after 30th day after Jan. 12, 1983, see section 201(g) of 
Pub. L. 97-446, set out as a note under section 1484 of this title.