[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR113.43]

[Page 494]
 
                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 113--CUSTOMS BONDS--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart E--Production of Documents
 
Sec. 113.43  Extension of time period.

    (a) Application received within time period. If a document referred 
to in Sec. 113.42 is not produced within 120 days from the date of the 
transaction in connection with which the bond was given, the port 
director, in his discretion, upon written application of the importer, 
may extend the period for one further period of 2 months.
    (b) Late application. No application for the extension of the period 
of any bond given to assure the production of a missing document shall 
be allowed by the port director if the application is received later 
than 2 months after the expiration of the period of the bond, and any 
extension shall not be allowed by the port director for a period of more 
than 2 months from the date of expiration of the period.
    (c) Acceptance of a free-entry or reduced-duty document prior to 
liquidation. When a bond is given for the production of any free-entry 
or reduced-duty document and a satisfactory document is produced prior 
to liquidation of the entry or within the period during which a valid 
reliquidation may be completed, provided the failure to file was not due 
to willful negligence or fraudulent intent, it shall be accepted as 
satisfying the requirement that it be filed in connection with the 
entry, and the bond charge for its production shall be cancelled.

[T.D. 84-213, 49 FR 41171, Oct. 19, 1984, as amended by T.D. 85-167, 50 
FR 40363, Oct. 3, 1985]