[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: 19CFR162.4]



[Page 246]

 

                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES

 

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

        HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 162_INSPECTION, SEARCH, AND SEIZURE--Table of Contents

 

              Subpart A_Inspection, Examination, and Search

 

Sec.  162.4  Search for letters.



    A Customs officer may search vessels for letters which may be on 

board or may have been conveyed contrary to law on board any vessel or 

on any post route, and shall seize such letters and deliver them to the 

nearest post office or detain them subject to the orders of the postal 

authorities.



[T.D. 72-211, 37 FR 16488, Aug. 15, 1972]