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 SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 356. 1922. 981 dent, stress of weather, or other necessity the penalties above described °"°'°{.‘,g,§°“'·*· shall not be incurred. _ Sec. 587. UNLAWFUL TRANSSHIPMENT.——I`f any merchandise (in- ¤51°?°la£i¤°:iru'°;i°f»s'zri°s-fg cluding sea stores) unladen in violation of the provisions of section §m¥’P°"· 586 of this Act IS transshipped to or placed in or received on any other vessel, the master_of the vessel on which such merchandise is placed, and any person aiding or assisting! therein, shall be liable to a enalty equa to twice the value of the merchandise, but not less gran $1,000, and such vessel and such merchandise shall be liable to seizure and forfeiture. _ Sec. 588. TRANSPORTATION BETWEEN PORTS.-—I.f any merchau- zmiilgsveéigxlpsgidusg disc is laden at anly port or place in the United States upon any ves- m‘}§‘Y ,;°‘l mw.: sel belongng who y or in part to a subject of a foreign country, and Aqneriwu port tv be is taken ence to a foreign ort or lace to be reladen and reshipped °°"°°’ °t°‘ to any other port in the Upnited Sliates, either by the same or by another vessel, foreign or American, with intent to evade the provisions relating to the transportation of merchandise from one ort or glace of the United States to another port or place of the lilnited tates in a vessel belonging wholl or in part to a subject of any foreign power, the merchandise shalli on its arrival at such last-named T,,,,,,,g,, dm ,0 ,,, port or place, be seized and forfeited to the United States, and the ¤S¤¤5S¤·*· vessel shall pay a. tonnage duty of 50 cents per net ton. Pwd, mmud. Sec. 589. UNLAWFUL nnna2·m1NG.—-If any merchandise entered or without yenuy. gmuriss withdrawn for ex ortation without payment of the duties thereon, ‘"“‘°‘““ '°' °‘P°'°‘ or with intent to olitain a drawback o the duties paid, or of any other allowances given lbfy law on the exportation thereof, is relanded at any place in the nited States wit out entry therefor having been made, the same shall be considered and treated as having been imported into the United States contrary to law, and all persons concemed therein and such merchandise shall be liable to the same penalties as are prescribed by section 593 of this Act. P°"·*’·‘m· Sec. 590. Farsn mmwnacx CLAIM.-—I.f any person shall knowingly I ¤¤;‘jr¤r£¤_§¤s and willfully file an false or fraudulent entry or claim for the pay- i;¤>k,ew. w` ment of drawback, ahowance, or refund of duties upon the exportation of merchandise, or shall knowingly and willfully make or file any false affidavit, abstract, record, certificate, or other document, with a view to securing the psiyment to himself or others of any drawback, allowance, or refund 0 duties, on the exportation of merchandise, greater than that legally due thereon, such erson shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a Hue of not more than $5,000, or by imprisonment for not more than two ,0,,,,,,,, 0, 8,,,,,,,, years, or both, and the merchandise or the value thereof to which swsuch false entry or claim, affidavit, abstract, record, certificate, or other document relates shall be subject to forfeiture. Sec. 591. FaArm——PnNar:r·r—-Pr:RsoNlr£:L.—If any consignor, seller, ,,,§’,g‘,,‘],“}§‘,,‘§ °,'},{,,§‘{ owner, im rter, consi ee, a ent, or other erson or persons enters ¤¢c- or introduiigs, or attemgplts tointer or introdluce, into the commerce mm! ms sp°°m°d' of the United States any imported merchandise by means of any fraudulent or false invoice, declaration, affidavit, letter, paper, or by means of any false statement, written or verbal, or by means of any false or fraudulent practice or appliance whatsoever, or makes any false statement in any declaration under the provisions of section 485 ·"‘“· P·"°‘· of this Act without reasonable cause to be ieve the truth of such statement, or aids or procures the making of any such false statement as to any matter material thereto without reasonable cause to believe the truth of such statement, or is guilty of any willful act or omission by means whereof the United States shall or may be deprived of the lawful duties, or any portion thereof, accruing upon the merchandise, or any portion thereof, embraced or referred to in such invoice, declaration, affidavit, letter, paper, or statement, or affected