[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: 19CFR4.11]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 4--VESSELS IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC TRADES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 4.11  Sealing of stores.

    Upon the arrival of a vessel from a foreign port, or a vessel 
engaged in the foreign trade from a domestic port, sea stores and ship's 
stores not required for immediate use or consumption on

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board while the vessel is in port and articles acquired abroad by 
officers and members of the crew, for which no permit to land has been 
issued, shall be placed under seal, unless the Customs officer is of the 
opinion that the circumstances do not require such action. Customs 
inspectors in charge of the vessel, from time to time, as in their 
judgment the necessity of the case requires, may issue stores from under 
seal for consumption on board the vessel by its passengers and crew. 
(See Sec. 4.39.)