[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: 19CFR148.22]



[Page 141]

 

                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES

 

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

        HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 148_PERSONAL DECLARATIONS AND EXEMPTIONS--Table of Contents

 

   Subpart C_Examination of Baggage and Collection of Duties and Taxes

 

Sec.  148.22  Examination of air travelers' baggage in foreign territory.



    (a) Examination and surrender of declaration. When places have been 

established in a foreign country where U.S. Customs officers have been 

stationed for the purpose of conducting Customs inspections and 

examinations (see Sec. Sec.  101.5 and 162.8 of this chapter), persons 

destined to the United States on flights shall present themselves to 

those officers for inspection and examination of their baggage which may 

be passed in accordance with Sec.  148.23 prior to boarding the flight. 

They shall comply with all U.S. Customs laws and other civil and 

criminal laws of the United States relating to importation of 

merchandise, including baggage, to the filing of false or fraudulent 

statements, and to the unlawful removal of merchandise from Customs 

custody, in the same manner as if the passengers, were arriving at an 

airport within the Customs territory of the United States. When baggage 

is examined in foreign territory, the baggage declaration shall be 

surrendered to the Customs officer at the airport of departure for the 

United States prior to boarding the flight.

    (b) Subsequently acquired articles. When a person whose baggage has 

been examined and passed in foreign territory in accordance with 

paragraph (a) of this section subsequently acquires additional articles 

prior to return to the United States, the Customs officer to whom the 

declaration was surrendered may permit the amendment of that declaration 

to include the additional articles.



[T.D. 73-27, 38 FR 2449, Jan. 26, 1973, as amended by T.D. 77-241, 42 FR 

54944, Oct. 12, 1977; T.D. 89-22, 54 FR 5076, Feb. 1, 1989]