[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 19, Volume 2]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 19CFR145.51]



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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES

 

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

        HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 145_MAIL IMPORTATIONS--Table of Contents

 

             Subpart E_Restricted and Prohibited Merchandise

 

Sec.  145.51  Articles prohibited by section 305, Tariff Act of 1930.





    (a) Types of articles. Various articles, as described in section 

305, Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1305), and



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in part 12 of this chapter, are prohibited from importation. This 

prohibition includes the following types of articles:

    (1) Obscene matter;

    (2) Articles for causing unlawful abortion (see Sec.  145.52 for the 

treatment of literature pertaining to such articles);

    (3) Matter advocating treason or insurrection against the United 

States or forcible resistance to any law of the United States;

    (4) Matter containing any threat to take the life of or inflict 

bodily harm upon any person in the United States; and

    (5) Lottery matter, except any lottery ticket, printed paper that 

may be used as a lottery ticket, or advertisement of any lottery, that 

is printed in Canada for use in connection with a lottery conducted in 

the United States.

    (b) Disposition of articles. Mail found to contain lottery matter 

shall be disposed of by the Postal Service under the postal laws and 

regulations. Mail found to contain any of the other prohibited articles 

described in paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(4) of this section shall be 

given appropriate treatment by Customs under the Customs laws and 

regulations (see Sec.  12.40 of this chapter).



[T.D. 73-135, 38 FR 13369, May 21, 1973, as amended by T.D. 92-80, 57 FR 

37702, Aug. 20, 1992]