2013 US Code
Title 19 - Customs Duties
Chapter 14 - CONVENTION ON CULTURAL PROPERTY (§§ 2601 - 2613)
Section 2608 - Temporary disposition of materials and articles subject to this chapter
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 19 - CUSTOMS DUTIES |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 19 - CUSTOMS DUTIES CHAPTER 14 - CONVENTION ON CULTURAL PROPERTY Sec. 2608 - Temporary disposition of materials and articles subject to this chapter |
| Contains | section 2608 |
| Date | 2013 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 97-446, title III, §309, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2360. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 96 Stat. 2360 |
| Public Law Reference | Public Law 97-446 |
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Pending a final determination as to whether any archaeological or ethnological material, or any article of cultural property, has been imported into the United States in violation of section 2606 of this title or section 2607 of this title, the Secretary shall, upon application by any museum or other cultural or scientific institution in the United States which is open to the public, permit such material or article to be retained at such institution if he finds that—
(1) sufficient safeguards will be taken by the institution for the protection of such material or article; and
(2) sufficient bond is posted by the institution to ensure its return to the Secretary.
(Pub. L. 97–446, title III, §309, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2360.)
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