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[CITE: 19USC1496]

 
                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                      CHAPTER 4--TARIFF ACT OF 1930
 
                 SUBTITLE III--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
       Part III--Ascertainment, Collection, and Recovery of Duties
 
Sec. 1496. Examination of baggage

    The appropriate customs officer may cause an examination to be made 
of the baggage of any person arriving in the United States in order to 
ascertain what articles are contained therein and whether subject to 
duty, free of duty, or prohibited notwithstanding a declaration and 
entry therefor has been made.

(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, Sec. 496, 46 Stat. 727; Pub. L. 91-
271, title III, Sec. 301(b), June 2, 1970, 84 Stat. 287.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in act 
Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, Sec. 496, 42 Stat. 964. That section 
was superseded by section 496 of act June 17, 1930, comprising this 
section, and repealed by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 act.


                               Amendments

    1970--Pub. L. 91-271 substituted reference to appropriate customs 
officer for reference to collector.


                    Effective Date of 1970 Amendment

    For effective date of amendment by Pub. L. 91-271, see section 203 
of Pub. L. 91-271, set out as a note under section 1500 of this title.