Title 19 — Customs Duties
Part II · Chapter 4 — Tariff Act of 1930
§ 1450. Unlading on Sundays, holidays, or during overtime hours
Statutory text
No merchandise, baggage, or passengers arriving in the United States from any foreign port or place, and no bonded merchandise or baggage being transported from one port to another, shall be unladen from the carrying aircraft, vessel or vehicle on Sunday, a holiday, or during overtime hours, except under special license granted by the appropriate customs officer under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 71–497 · 46 Stat. 590
Enacted · 19 U.S.C. § 1450
June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 450, 46 Stat. 715
Source evidence
Code source credit
June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 450, 46 Stat. 715Pub. L. 91–271 title III § 301(b) · 84 Stat. 273
Substituted · 19 U.S.C. § 1450
Pub. L. 91–271 substituted reference to appropriate customs officer for reference to collector
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 91–271 substituted reference to appropriate customs officer for reference to collector.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(b) Sections 311, 315, 432, 434. 438, 441, 443–447. 449–450, 452–455, 457, 485, 490, 492, 496, 521. 555, 562, 584, 586, 609, 613, and 614 (19 U.S.U 1311, 1315, 1432, 1434, 1438, 1441, 1443–1447, 1449–1450, 1452–1455, 1457, 1485, 1490, 1492, 1496, 1521, 1555, 1562, 1584, 1586, 1609, 1613, and 1614) are amended by striking the word “collector” wherever 67 Stat. 508; 49 Stat. 524. it appears in the sections and inserting hr lieu thereof “appropriate customs officer”.Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993
Pub. L. 103–66 title XIII § 13811(b)(2) · 107 Stat. 312
Substituted · 19 U.S.C. § 1450
Pub. L. 103–66 in section catchline substituted “during overtime hours” for “at night”
Inserted · 19 U.S.C. § 1450
Pub. L. 103–66 in section catchline inserted “aircraft,” before “vessel”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 103–66 in section catchline substituted “during overtime hours” for “at night”, and in text substituted “during overtime hours” for “at night” and inserted “aircraft,” before “vessel”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(2) Section 450 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1450) is amended— (A) by striking out “at night” in the section heading and inserting “during overtime hours”; (B) by striking out “at night” and inserting “during overtime hours”; and (C) by inserting “aircraft,” immediately before “vessel”.Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 103–66 applicable to customs inspectional services provided on or after Jan. 1, 1994, see section 13811(c) of Pub. L. 103–66, set out as a note under section 267 of this title.
3 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in R.S. § 2872, as amended by the act of June 26, 1884, ch. 121, § 25, 23 Stat. 59, which was superseded by act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, § 450, 42 Stat. 954, and was repealed by section 642 thereof. Section 450 of the 1922 act was superseded by section 450 of act , comprising this section, and repealed by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 act.
R.S. § 2871 providing for the granting of a special license to unlade at night, and the amendment thereof by act June 30, 1906, ch. 3909, 34 Stat. 633, were repealed by section 6 of act Feb. 13, 1911, ch. 46, and provision for the grant of a special license to lade or unlade at night, and the grant of permits for immediate lading and unlading of vessels admitted to preliminary entry, etc., was made, in sections 1 and 4 of that act, which were repealed by section 643 of the act of Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356.
A special provision on the subject matter of this section for the northern, northeastern and northwestern frontiers was contained in R.S. § 3120, as amended by act Feb. 27, 1877, ch. 69, § 1, 19 Stat. 248, prior to repeal by section 642 of the act of Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356.
Amendments1970–1993 · 2 rounds
1993
Pub. L. 103–66 in section catchline substituted “during overtime hours” for “at night”, and in text substituted “during overtime hours” for “at night” and inserted “aircraft,” before “vessel”.
1970
Pub. L. 91–271 substituted reference to appropriate customs officer for reference to collector.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1993 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 103–66 applicable to customs inspectional services provided on or after , see section 13811(c) of Pub. L. 103–66, set out as a note under section 267 of this title.
Effective Date of 1970 Amendment
For effective date of amendment by Pub. L. 91–271, see section 203 of Pub. L. 91–271, set out as a note under section 1500 of this title.
Credits
1930–1993 · 3 acts
- 1930June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 450, 46 Stat. 715
- 1970Pub. L. 91–271, title III, § 301(b), , 84 Stat. 287
- 1993Pub. L. 103–66, title XIII, § 13811(b)(2), , 107 Stat. 670.
Show as published
(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 450, 46 Stat. 715; Pub. L. 91–271, title III, § 301(b), , 84 Stat. 287; Pub. L. 103–66, title XIII, § 13811(b)(2), , 107 Stat. 670.)