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 100 STAT. 3207-87

PUBLIC LAW 99-570—OCT. 27, 1986

"(B) the officers and directors of a corporation; "(C) station managers and similar supervisory ground w 1' personnel employed by airlines; "(D) one or more partners of a partnership; "(E) representatives of the owner or operator in charge of the passenger or cargo operations at a particular location; '.•':b' and "(F) and other persons with similar responsibilities. "(2) The term 'master' and similar terms relating to the ... ". person in charge of a conveyance includes the purser or other person on the conveyance who is responsible for maintaining ^•^ ' records relating to the cargo transported in the conveyance. '"• "(e) COSTS AND EXPENSES OF SEIZURE.—When a common carrier has been seized in accordance with the provisions of subsection (c) and it is subsequently determined that a violation of such subsection occurred but that the vessel will be released, the conveyance is liable for the costs and expenses of the seizure and detention.". SEC. 3122. SEARCHES AND SEIZURES.

19 USC 1592.

Section 595(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1595(a)) is amended to read as follows: "(a) WARRANT.—(1) If any officer or person authorized to make searches and seizures has probable cause to believe that— "(A) any merchandise upon which the duties have not been paid, or which has been otherwise brought into the United States unlawfully; "(B) any property which is subject to forfeiture under any provision of law enforced or administered by the United States Customs Service; or "(C) any document, container, wrapping, or other article which is evidence of a violation of section 592 involving fraud or of any other law enforced or administered by the United States Customs Service, is in any dwelling house, store, or other building or place, he may make application, under oath, to any justice of the peace, to any municipal, county. State, or Federal judge, or to any Federal magistrate, and shall thereupon be entitled to a warrant to enter such dwelling house in the da3rtime only, or such store or other place at night or by day, and to search for and seize such merchandise or other article described in the warrant. "(2) If any house, store, or other building or place, in which any merchandise or other article subject to forfeiture is found, is upon or within 10 feet of the boundary line between the United States and a foreign country, such portion thereof that is within the United States may be taken down or removed.". SEC. 3123. FORFEITURES.

19 USC 1592.

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Section 596 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1595a) is amended— (1) by striking out "the proviso to" in subsection (a) and inserting "subsection (b) or (c) of; (2) by striking out "shall" in subsection (a) and inserting "may"; and (3) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection. "(c) Any merchandise that is introduced or attempted to be introduced into the United States contrary to law (other than in violation of section 592) may be seized and forfeited.".

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