[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
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[CITE: 19CFR145.51]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 145--MAIL IMPORTATIONS--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart E--Restricted and Prohibited Merchandise
 
Sec. 145.51  Articles prohibited by section 305, Tariff Act of 1930.


    (a) Types of articles. Various articles, as described in section 
305, Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1305), and in part 12 of 
this chapter, are prohibited from importation. This prohibition includes 
the following types of articles:
    (1) Obscene matter;
    (2) Articles for causing unlawful abortion (see Sec. 145.52 for the 
treatment of literature pertaining to such articles);
    (3) Matter advocating treason or insurrection against the United 
States or forcible resistance to any law of the United States;
    (4) Matter containing any threat to take the life of or inflict 
bodily harm upon any person in the United States; and
    (5) Lottery matter, except any lottery ticket, printed paper that 
may be used as a lottery ticket, or advertisement of any lottery, that 
is printed in Canada for use in connection with a lottery conducted in 
the United States.
    (b) Disposition of articles. Mail found to contain lottery matter 
shall be disposed of by the Postal Service under the postal laws and 
regulations. Mail found to contain any of the other prohibited articles 
described in paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(4) of this section shall be 
given appropriate treatment by Customs under the Customs laws and 
regulations (see Sec. 12.40 of this chapter).

[T.D. 73-135, 38 FR 13369, May 21, 1973, as amended by T.D. 92-80, 57 FR 
37702, Aug. 20, 1992]

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