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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 965. Verified statements as prerequisite to vessel's departure
(a) During a war in which the United States is a neutral nation,
every master or person having charge or command of any vessel,
domestic or foreign, whether requiring clearance or not, before
departure of such vessel from port shall, in addition to the facts
required by section 431 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1431)
and section 4197 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (46
U.S.C. App. 91), to be set out in the masters' and shippers'
manifests before clearance will be issued to vessels bound to
foreign ports, deliver to the Customs Service a statement, duly
verified by oath, that the cargo or any part of the cargo is or is
not to be delivered to other vessels in port or to be transshipped
on the high seas, and, if it is to be so delivered or transshipped,
stating the kind and quantities and the value of the total quantity
of each kind of article so to be delivered or transshipped, and the
name of the person, corporation, vessel, or government to whom the
delivery or transshipment is to be made; and the owners, shippers,
or consignors of the cargo of such vessel shall in the same manner
and under the same conditions deliver to the Customs Service like
statements under oath as to the cargo or the parts thereof laden or
shipped by them, respectively.
(b) Whoever, in violation of this section, takes or attempts to
take, or authorizes the taking of any such vessel, out of port or
from the United States, shall be fined under this title or
imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.
In addition, such vessel, her tackle, apparel, furniture,
equipment, and her cargo shall be forfeited to the United States.
The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to promulgate
regulations upon compliance with which vessels engaged in the
coastwise trade or fisheries or used solely for pleasure may be
relieved from complying with this section.
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