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 982 SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 356. 1922. °”¤*°;_*‘j*);f°°’~*· by such act or omission, such person or persons shall upon_ conviction ` be fined for each offense a sum not exceeding 95,000, or be imprisoned hmm for a time not exceeding two years, or bot_, in the discretion of the IlIl¥(I'lZé me massa court: Provided, That nothing in this section shall be construed to "°““ °"°"‘"°‘ relieve imported merchandise from forfeiture by reason of such false statement or for any cause elsewhere provided y law. _ m1;<g`{¤,g;g; °_{u§u°·j,=j Sec. 592. SAME--PENALT? Acamsr coons.-—If any consignor, aw. seller, owner, importer, consignee, agent, or other person or persons m°g"l°°t”p°”m°°‘ enters or introduces, or attempts to enter or mtroduce, into the commerce of the United States an 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 A"' "'°°" any false statement in any declaration under the provisions of section 485 of this Act without reasonable cause to believe the truth of such statement, or aids or proc1u·es the making of any such false statement as to an 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 is 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, pa er, or statement, or affected by such act or omission, such merchandiise, or the value thereof, to be recov- ` ered from such erson or persons, shall be subkzct to forfeiture, ,.$f,°£§°2§1§_°m’ t° which forfeiture £all only apply to the whole of the merchandise or the value thereof in the case or package containing the particular article or articles of merchandise to which such fraud or false paper msCg’}$,§§';};’§”,§g,  or statement relates. The arrival within the territorial limits of the ¤¤ye¤¢ma,iab1». United States of any merchandise consigned for sale and remaining the property of the shipper or consignor, and the acce tance of a false or fraudulent invoice thereof by the consignee or the agent of the consivnor, or the existence of an other facts constituting an attempted fraud, shall be deemed, for the purposes of this paragraph to be an attempt to enter such merchandise notwithstanding no actual Pmshmm for WHL entry has been made or offered. muy smuggling, ae., Sec. 593. SMUGGLING AND onaunnsrmn 1MronrA1*1oNs.—(a) If °“"°bl° “°°d“‘ any person knowingly and willfully, with intent to defraud the revenue of the United States, smu gles, or clandestinely introduces, into the United States any merchandise which should have been invoiced, or makes out or passes, or attempts to pass, through the customhouse any false, forged, or fraudulent invoice, eve such person, his, her, or their aiders and abettors, shall be deemeily guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $5,000, or imprisoned for an term of time not exceeding two years, or both, at the discretion oiy the court. p%°;=*p;_**g· ¢*¤·» ma- (b) If any person fraudulently or knowingly imports or brings into ' the United States, or assists in so doing, any merchandise, contrary to law, or receives, conceals, buys, sells, or in any manner facilitates the transportation, concealment, or sale of such merchandise after importation, knowing the same to have been imported or brought into the United States contra to law, such merchandise shall be forfeited and the offender shallybe fined in any sum not exceedinjg P I dm $5,000 nor less than $50, or be imprisoned for any time not excee — fscieevi¤mceotl;io1a· mg two ears, or both. Whenever, on trial for a violation of this °"“‘ section, &e defendant is shown to have or to have had possession of such goods, such possession shall be deemed evidence sufficient to authorize conviction, unless the defendant shall explain the possesvmds md sion to the satisfaction of the jiu·y. seam, ae, ee, ai Sec._ 594. Smzimn or vsssms Arm vnmo1.ns.—Whenever a vessel '*‘“"“¥°"‘“°'”“*”"‘· or vehicle, or the owner or master, conductor, driver, or other person