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Title 19 — Customs Duties

Chapter 6 — Trade Fair Program

§ 1752. Entry of articles for fairs

Statutory text

Any article imported or brought into the United States—

(1)

which is in continuous customs custody, covered by a customs exhibition bond, or in a foreign trade zone, and

(2)

on which no duty or internal-revenue tax has been paid,

may, without payment of any duty or internal-revenue tax, be entered under bond under this section for the purpose of exhibition at a fair, or for use in constructing, installing, or maintaining foreign exhibits at a fair.

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.

  1. Trade Fair Act of 1959

    Pub. L. 86–14 § 3 · 73 Stat. 18

    Enacted · 19 U.S.C. § 1752

    (Pub. L. 86–14, § 3, Apr. 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 18.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 86–14, § 3, Apr. 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 18.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 3. ENTRY OF ARTICLES FOR FAIRS. Any article imported or brought into the United States— (1) which is in continuous customs custody, covered by a customs exhibition bond, or in a foreign trade zone, and (2) on which no duty or internal-revenue tax has been paid, may, without payment of any duty or internal-revenue tax, be entered under bond under this section for the purpose of exhibition at a fair, or for use in constructing, installing, or maintaining foreign exhibits at a fair.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Immunity From Seizure Under Judicial Process of Cultural Objects Imported for Temporary Exhibition or Display

Presidential determination of cultural significance of objects and exhibition or display thereof in the national interest, see section 2459 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.

Credits

(Pub. L. 86–14, § 3, , 73 Stat. 18.)

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