19 CFR § 12.60 - Importation prohibited.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t19/s12.60"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "19 CFR § 12.60 - Importation prohibited."
title_number: 19
title_name: "Customs Duties"
section_number: "12.60"
section_name: "Importation prohibited."
chapter_name: "U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
part_number: "12"
part_name: "SPECIAL CLASSES OF MERCHANDISE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 19 U.S.C. 66, 1202 (General Note 3(i), Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)), 1624."
regulatory_source: "28 FR 14710, Dec. 31, 1963, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "12"
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# 12.60 Importation prohibited.
The transportation, importation, sale, or possession of the skins of fur seals or sea otters is prohibited if such skins were taken contrary to the provisions of section 2 of the act of February 26, 1944 (58 Stat. 100-104) or, the case of such skins taken under the authority of the act or any fur-seal agreement, if the skins are not officially marked and certified as required by section 2 of the act. Section 16 makes the act inapplicable to skins taken for scientific purposes under a special permit.
[28 FR 14710, Dec. 31, 1963, as amended by T.D. 89-1, 53 FR 51253, Dec. 21, 1988]