19 USC § 1450 - Unlading on Sundays, holidays, or during overtime hours

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title: "19 USC § 1450 - Unlading on Sundays, holidays, or during overtime hours"
title_number: 19
title_name: "CUSTOMS DUTIES"
section_number: "1450"
section_name: "Unlading on Sundays, holidays, or during overtime hours"
chapter_number: 4
chapter_name: "TARIFF ACT OF 1930"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "Report, Entry, and Unlading of Vessels and Vehicles"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 450, 46 Stat. 715; Pub. L. 91–271, title III, § 301(b), June 2, 1970, 84 Stat. 287; Pub. L. 103–66, title XIII, § 13811(b)(2), Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 670.)"
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# § 1450. Unlading on Sundays, holidays, or during overtime hours

No merchandise, baggage, or passengers arriving in the United States from any foreign port or place, and no bonded merchandise or baggage being transported from one port to another, shall be unladen from the carrying aircraft, vessel or vehicle on Sunday, a holiday, or during overtime hours, except under special license granted by the appropriate customs officer under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe.

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**Source Credit**: (June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 450, 46 Stat. 715; Pub. L. 91–271, title III, § 301(b), June 2, 1970, 84 Stat. 287; Pub. L. 103–66, title XIII, § 13811(b)(2), Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 670.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in R.S. § 2872, as amended by the , , which was superseded by , , and was repealed by section 642 thereof. Section 450 of the 1922 act was superseded by section 450 of act , comprising this section, and repealed by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 act.

R.S. § 2871 providing for the granting of a special license to unlade at night, and the amendment thereof by , , were repealed by section 6 of , and provision for the grant of a special license to lade or unlade at night, and the grant of permits for immediate lading and unlading of vessels admitted to preliminary entry, etc., was made, in sections 1 and 4 of that act, which were repealed by .

A special provision on the subject matter of this section for the northern, northeastern and northwestern frontiers was contained in R.S. § 3120, as amended by , , prior to repeal by .

### Amendments

1993— in section catchline substituted “during overtime hours” for “at night”, and in text substituted “during overtime hours” for “at night” and inserted “aircraft,” before “vessel”.

1970— substituted reference to appropriate customs officer for reference to collector.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1993 Amendment

Amendment by  applicable to customs inspectional services provided on or after , see , set out as a note under .

### Effective Date of 1970 Amendment

For effective date of amendment by , see , set out as a note under .