[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 19, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 19CFR12.41]



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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES

 

   CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF 

              HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

 

PART 12_SPECIAL CLASSES OF MERCHANDISE--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  12.41  Prohibited films.



    (a) Importers of films, shall certify on Customs Form 3291 that the 

imported films contain no obscene or immoral matter, nor any matter 

advocating or urging treason or insurrection against the United States 

or forcible resistance to any law of the United States, nor any threat 

to take the life or inflict bodily harm upon any person in the United 

States. When imported films are claimed to be free of duty as American 

goods returned, this certification may be made on Customs Form 3311 in 

the space designated ``Remarks'' in lieu of on Form 3291.

    (b) Films exposed abroad by a foreign concern or individual shall be 

previewed by a qualified employee of the Customs Service before release. 

In case such films are imported as undeveloped negatives exposed abroad, 

the approximate number of feet shall be ascertained by weighing before 

they are allowed to be developed and printed and such film shall be 

previewed by a qualified employee of the Customs Service after having 

been developed and printed.

    (c) Any objectionable film shall be detained pending instructions 

from Headquarters, U.S. Customs Service or a decision of the court as to 

its final disposition.



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