[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR142.7]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 142--ENTRY PROCESS--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart A--Entry Documentation
 
Sec. 142.7  Examination of merchandise.

    No merchandise for which the entry documentation required by 
Sec. 142.3 has been filed shall be released until it has been examined, 
or until adequate samples have been taken in the case of merchandise 
which is to be classified and appraised by means of samples, unless this 
requirement is waived by the port director in accordance with section 
499, Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1499).