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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1699. Certification of delivery from vessel
No vessel arriving within a port or collection district of the
United States shall be allowed to make entry or break bulk until
all letters on board are delivered to the nearest post office,
except where waybilled for discharge at other ports in the United
States at which the vessel is scheduled to call and the Postal
Service does not determine that unreasonable delay in the mails
will occur, and the master or other person having charge or control
thereof has signed and sworn to the following declaration before
the collector or other proper customs officer:
I, A. B., master ___, of the ___, arriving from ___, and now
lying in the port of ___, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I have
to the best of my knowledge and belief delivered to the post office
at ___ every letter and every bag, packet, or parcel of letters on
board the said vessel during her last voyage, or in my possession
or under my power or control, except where waybilled for discharge
at other ports in the United States at which the said vessel is
scheduled to call and which the Postal Service has not determined
will be unreasonably delayed by remaining on board the said vessel
for delivery at such ports.
Whoever, being the master or other person having charge or
control of such vessel, breaks bulk before he has arranged for such
delivery or onward carriage, shall be fined under this title.
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