[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: 19CFR12.41]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 12--SPECIAL CLASSES OF MERCHANDISE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 12.41  Prohibited films.

    (a) Importers of films, shall certify on Customs Form 3291 that the 
imported films contain no obscene or immoral matter, nor any matter 
advocating or urging treason or insurrection against the United States 
or forcible resistance to any law of the United States, nor any threat 
to take the life or inflict bodily harm upon any person in the United 
States. When imported films are claimed to be free of duty as American 
goods returned, this certification may be made on Customs Form 3311 in 
the space designated ``Remarks'' in lieu of on Form 3291.
    (b) Films exposed abroad by a foreign concern or individual shall be 
previewed by a qualified employee of the Customs Service before release. 
In case such films are imported as undeveloped negatives exposed abroad, 
the approximate number of feet shall be ascertained by weighing before 
they are allowed to be developed and printed and such film shall be 
previewed by a qualified employee of the Customs Service after having 
been developed and printed.
    (c) Any objectionable film shall be detained pending instructions 
from Headquarters, U.S. Customs Service or a decision of the court as to 
its final disposition.

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