2015 US Code
Title 18 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure (Sections 1 - 6005)
Part I - Crimes (Sections 1 - 2725)
Chapter 27 - Customs (Sections 541 - 555)
Sec. 554 - Smuggling goods from the United States
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 27 - CUSTOMS Sec. 554 - Smuggling goods from the United States |
Contains | section 554 |
Date | 2015 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Added Pub. L. 109-177, title III, §311(a), Mar. 9, 2006, 120 Stat. 242. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 120 Stat. 242 |
Public and Private Law | Public Law 109-177 |
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(a) In General.—Whoever fraudulently or knowingly exports or sends from the United States, or attempts to export or send from the United States, any merchandise, article, or object contrary to any law or regulation of the United States, or receives, conceals, buys, sells, or in any manner facilitates the transportation, concealment, or sale of such merchandise, article or object, prior to exportation, knowing the same to be intended for exportation contrary to any law or regulation of the United States, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.
(b) Definition.—In this section, the term "United States" has the meaning given that term in section 545.
(Added Pub. L. 109–177, title III, §311(a), Mar. 9, 2006, 120 Stat. 242.)
CODIFICATIONAnother section 554 was renumbered section 555 of this title.
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