CHAPTER 6 — REGULATION AS TO VESSELS CARRYING STEERAGE PASSENGERS

§ 163. Regulations as to boarding arriving vessels before inspection

The Commissioner of Customs is authorized and directed to prescribe from time to time and enforce regulations governing the boarding of vessels arriving at the seaports of the United States, before such vessels have been properly inspected and placed in security, and for that purpose to employ any of the officers of the United States Customs Service. Each person violating such regulations shall be subject to a penalty of not more than $100 or imprisonment not to exceed six months, or both, in the discretion of the court. This section shall be construed as supplementary to section 9 of act August 2, 1882 (22 Stat. 189), and section 2279 of title 18.

(Mar. 31, 1900, ch. 120, § 1-3, 31 Stat. 58; Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, § 10, 32 Stat. 829; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1, 37 Stat. 736; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 101, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7875, 60 Stat. 1097.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Section 9 of act August 2, 1882, referred to in text, was classified to section 158 of former Title 46, Shipping, and was repealed by Pub. L. 98-89, § 4(b), Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 600.

Codification

"Section 2279 of title 18" substituted in text for "section 4606 of the Revised Statutes" on authority of act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 683, which enacted Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.

EFFECTIVE DATE

Section 4 of act Mar. 31, 1900, provided: "That this Act [enacting this section] shall take effect thirty days after its passage."

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

"United States Customs Service" substituted in text for "Bureau of Customs" pursuant to Treasury Department Order 165-23, Apr. 4, 1973, eff. Aug. 1, 1973, 38 F.R. 13037. See, also, section 308 of Title 31, Money and Finance.

For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Treasury, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Treasury with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 26 of 1950, § 1, 2, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F.R. 4935, 64 Stat. 1280, 1281, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Commissioner of Customs, referred to in text, is an officer of Department of the Treasury.

"Commissioner of Customs" substituted in text for "Secretary of Commerce" and "the Bureau of Customs" for "that department" on authority of sections 101 to 104 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946, set out as a note preceding section 3 of this Appendix.

Upon incorporation into the Code, "Secretary of Commerce" substituted for "Secretary of the Treasury," to conform to act Feb. 14, 1903, which transferred certain powers and duties of Secretary of the Treasury relating to merchant vessels and yachts to Secretary of Commerce and Labor and act Mar. 4, 1913, which changed designation of Secretary of Commerce and Labor to Secretary of Commerce.

ADMINISTRATIVE DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS BY SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY

Administrative delegation of functions by Secretary of the Treasury, see note set out preceding section 3 of this Appendix.



























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