[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR12.28]

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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. 12.28  Importation of wild mammals and birds in violation of foreign law.

    No imported wild mammal or bird, or part or product thereof, shall 
be released from Customs custody, except as permitted under 
Sec. 12.26(i) relating to an in-bond movement to a port designated for 
wildlife entry, if the port director has knowledge of a foreign law or 
regulation obliging enforcement of section 527(a), Tariff Act of 1930 
(19 U.S.C. 1527(a)), unless the importation is an excepted transaction 
entitled to entry under the provisions of section 527(c) of the Tariff 
Act or, in connection with

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the entry, there is presented documentation in the manner specified in 
50 CFR 17.4(c) (1) or (2) required for import transactions subject to 
foreign laws or regulations regarding taking, transportation, or sale of 
wildlife including wild mammals and birds or parts or products thereof 
(see Sec. 12.26).

[T.D. 70-242, 35 FR 17994, Nov. 24, 1970, as amended by T.D. 82-145, 47 
FR 35476, Aug. 16, 1982]