[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: 19CFR4.36]

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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. 4.36  Delayed discharge of cargo.

    (a) When pursuant to section 457, Tariff Act of 1930, customs 
officers are placed on a vessel which has retained merchandise on board 
more than 25 days after the date of the vessel's arrival, their 
compensation and subsistence expenses shall be reimbursed to the 
Government by the owner or master.
    (b) The compensation of all Customs officers and employees assigned 
to supervise the discharge of a cargo within the purview of section 458, 
Tariff Act of 1930,70 after the expiration of 25 days

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after the date of the vessel's entry shall be reimbursed to the 
Government by the owner or master of the vessel.
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    \70\ ``The limitation of time for unlading shall not extend to 
vessels laden exclusively with merchandise in bulk consigned to one 
consignee and arriving at a port for orders, but if the master of such 
vessel requests a longer time to discharge its cargo, the compensation 
of the inspectors or other customs officers whose services are required 
in connection with the unlading shall, for every day consumed in 
unlading in excess of twenty-five (25) days from the date of the 
vessel's entry, be reimbursed by the master or owner of such vessel.'' 
(Tariff Act of 1930, sec. 458; 19 U.S.C. 1458)
    71-75 [Reserved]
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    (c) When cargo is manifested ``for orders'' upon the arrival of the 
vessel, no amendment of the manifest to show another port of discharge 
shall be permitted after 15 days after the date of the vessel's arrival, 
except as provided for in Sec. 4.33.
    (d) All reimbursements payable in accordance with this section shall 
be paid or secured to the port director before clearance is granted to 
the vessel.

[28 FR 14596, Dec. 31, 1963, as amended by T.D. 95-77, 60 FR 50010, 
Sept. 27, 1995; T.D. 98-74, 63 FR 51287, Sept. 25, 1998]