19 USC § 1452 - Lading on Sundays, holidays, or at night

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identifier: "/us/usc/t19/s1452"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "19 USC § 1452 - Lading on Sundays, holidays, or at night"
title_number: 19
title_name: "CUSTOMS DUTIES"
section_number: "1452"
section_name: "Lading on Sundays, holidays, or at night"
chapter_number: 4
chapter_name: "TARIFF ACT OF 1930"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "Report, Entry, and Unlading of Vessels and Vehicles"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 452, 46 Stat. 715; Pub. L. 91–271, title III, § 301(b), June 2, 1970, 84 Stat. 287.)"
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# § 1452. Lading on Sundays, holidays, or at night

No merchandise or baggage entered for transportation under bond or for exportation with the benefit of drawback, or other merchandise or baggage required to be laden under customs supervision, shall be laden on any vessel or vehicle at night or on Sunday or a holiday, except under special license therefor to be issued by the appropriate customs officer under the same conditions and limitations as pertain to the unlading of imported merchandise or merchandise being transported in bond.

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**Source Credit**: (June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 452, 46 Stat. 715; Pub. L. 91–271, title III, § 301(b), June 2, 1970, 84 Stat. 287.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in , . That section was superseded by section 452 of act , comprising this section, and repealed by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 act.

### Amendments

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

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1970 Amendment

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