Title 19Customs DutiesRelease 119-73

§1452 Lading on Sundays, holidays, or at night

Title 19 › Chapter CHAPTER 4— - TARIFF ACT OF 1930 › Subtitle SUBTITLE III— - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS › Part Part II— - Report, Entry, and Unlading of Vessels and Vehicles › § 1452

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Do not load onto a ship or vehicle at night, on Sundays, or on holidays any goods or baggage that are under a customs bond, are being exported with a drawback claim, or must be loaded under customs supervision. A special license from the proper customs officer can allow loading at those times, but that license must follow the same rules that apply to licenses for unloading imported or in‑bond goods.

Full Legal Text

Title 19, §1452

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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.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, § 452, 42 Stat. 955. That section was superseded by section 452 of act June 17, 1930, comprising this section, and repealed by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 act.

Amendments

1970—Pub. L. 91–271 substituted reference to appropriate customs officer for reference to collector.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1970 AmendmentFor

Effective Date

of amendment by Pub. L. 91–271, see section 203 of Pub. L. 91–271, set out as a note under section 1500 of this title.

Reference

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Citation

19 U.S.C. § 1452

Title 19Customs Duties

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73