[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 19, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2005]

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[CITE: 19CFR12.28]



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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES

 

   CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF 

              HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

 

PART 12_SPECIAL CLASSES OF MERCHANDISE--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  12.28  Importation of wild mammals and birds in violation of 

foreign law.



    No imported wild mammal or bird, or part or product thereof, shall 

be released from Customs custody, except as permitted under Sec.  

12.26(i) relating to an in-bond movement to a port designated for 

wildlife entry, if the port director has knowledge of a foreign law or 

regulation obliging enforcement of section 527(a), Tariff Act of 1930 

(19 U.S.C. 1527(a)), unless the importation is an excepted transaction 

entitled to entry under the provisions of section 527(c) of the Tariff 

Act or, in connection with the entry, there is presented documentation 

in the manner specified in 50 CFR 17.4(c) (1) or (2) required for import 

transactions subject to foreign laws or regulations regarding taking, 

transportation, or sale of wildlife including wild mammals and birds or 

parts or products thereof (see Sec.  12.26).



[T.D. 70-242, 35 FR 17994, Nov. 24, 1970, as amended by T.D. 82-145, 47 

FR 35476, Aug. 16, 1982]