[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: 19CFR4.32]

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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. 4.32  Vessels in distress; landing of cargo.

    (a) When a vessel from a foreign port arrives in distress at a port 
other than that to which it is destined, a permit to land merchandise or 
baggage may be issued if such action is necessary. Merchandise and 
baggage so unladen shall be taken into Customs custody and, if it has 
not been transported in violation of the coastwise laws, may be entered 
and disposed of in the same manner as any other imported merchandise or 
may be reladen without entry to be carried to its destination on the 
vessel from which it was unladen, subject only to charges for storage 
and safekeeping.
    (b) A bond on Customs Form 301, containing the bond conditions set 
forth in Sec. 113.64 of this chapter relating to international carriers 
shall be given in an amount to be determined by the port

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director to insure the proper disposition of the cargo, whether such 
cargo be dutiable or free.

[28 FR 14596, Dec. 31, 1963, as amended by T.D. 84-213, 49 FR 41164, 
Oct. 19, 1984]