[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR91.4]

[Page 371]
 
                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 91--IMPORT CONTROLS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 91.4  Alcoholic liquors on vessels of not over 500 tons.

    (a) Upon request of interested shippers or masters of vessels at 
ports in the consular district other than the place where the consular 
office is situated, consular officers shall designate one or more 
reputable individuals residing in each such port, as authorized persons 
to witness the signatures of the masters of vessels of not over 500 net 
tons when affixed to declarations covering shipments of alcoholic 
liquors destined to the United States, and to issue certificates 
therefor as contemplated by section 7 of the Anti-Smuggling Act of 1935 
(49 Stat. 520; 19 U.S.C. 1707). Any person so designated by a consular 
officer to issue such certificates shall state in each of his 
certificates that he has no interest in the shipment described therein. 
Having delivered the original document to the master, he shall forward 
the duplicate to the consular office for retention.
    (b) Consular officers shall, with respect to declarations of masters 
of vessels of not over 500 net tons in instances in which the port of 
shipment is the same place as, or conveniently near to, the location of 
the consular office, supply their certifications directly as 
contemplated by the said section of the Anti-Smuggling Act. They shall 
retain, over the interval prescribed in the applicable records 
retirement schedule, a copy of each document so certified by them. They 
shall similarly retain the copies of the certifications supplied by 
authorized persons in outlying ports of the consular district, as set 
forth in the preceding subsection.
    (c) This section, read together with Sec. 4.13, title 19, of the 
Code of Federal Regulations, comprises the joint regulations 
contemplated for issuance by the Secretary of State and the Secretary of 
the Treasury under section 7 of the Anti-Smuggling Act of 1935.

[32 FR 12588, Aug. 30, 1967]