19 USC § 1582 - Search of persons and baggage; regulations

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title: "19 USC § 1582 - Search of persons and baggage; regulations"
title_number: 19
title_name: "CUSTOMS DUTIES"
section_number: "1582"
section_name: "Search of persons and baggage; regulations"
chapter_number: 4
chapter_name: "TARIFF ACT OF 1930"
part_number: "V"
part_name: "Enforcement Provisions"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 582, 46 Stat. 748.)"
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# § 1582. Search of persons and baggage; regulations

The Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe regulations for the search of persons and baggage and he is authorized to employ female inspectors for the examination and search of persons of their own sex; and all persons coming into the United States from foreign countries shall be liable to detention and search by authorized officers or agents of the Government under such regulations.

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**Source Credit**: (June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 582, 46 Stat. 748.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in R.S. § 3064, which was superseded by , , and was repealed by section 642 thereof. Section 582 of the 1922 act was superseded by section 582 of act , comprising this section, and repealed by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 act.