Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 62 — African Elephant Conservation
§ 4223. Prohibited acts
Statutory text
Except as provided in section 4222(e) of this title, it is unlawful for any person—
to import raw ivory from any country other than an ivory producing country;
to export raw ivory from the United States;
to import raw or worked ivory that was exported from an ivory producing country in violation of that country’s laws or of the CITES Ivory Control System;
to import worked ivory, other than personal effects, from any country unless that country has certified that such ivory was derived from legal sources; or
to import raw or worked ivory from a country for which a moratorium is in effect under section 4222 of this title.
Legislative history
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African Elephant Conservation Act
Pub. L. 100–478 title II § 2203 · 102 Stat. 2306
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 4223
(Pub. L. 100–478, title II, § 2203, Oct. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 2320.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 100–478, title II, § 2203, Oct. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 2320.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 2203. PROHIBITED ACTS. Except as provided in section 2202(e), it is unlawful for any person— (1) to import raw ivory from any country other than an ivory producing country; (2) to export raw ivory from the United States; (3) to import raw or worked ivory that was exported from an ivory producing country in violation of that country’s laws or of the CITES Ivory Control System; (4) to import worked ivory, other than personal effects, from any country unless that country has certified that such ivory was derived from legal sources; or (5) to import raw or worked ivory from a country for which a moratorium is in effect under section 2202.
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