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 688 SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SEss. II. Cn. 497. 1.930. SP ECI AL PROVISIONS. (d) P ENALTI ES. -I f any person shall, wi th intent to conceal the Pu nish ment for in. tontionally defacing, information given thereby or contained therein, deface, destroy, removing, etc., marks ° remove, alter, cover, obscure, or obliterate any mark, stamp, brand, or label re qui red und er the prov isi ons of thi s Ac t, he shall, u pon conviction, be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. Effe ctive in 60 da ys. (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.-This section shall take effect sixty days a fter the dat e of enac tmen t of thi s Act. Immoral articles. S EC. 305 . IMMOR AL ARTICL ES-IMPORT ATION PRO HIBITED. Imports prohibited. (a) PROHIBITION OF IMPORTATION .-All persons are prohibited Books, etc., advocat- ic g tre ason, resi stanc e from impo rting into the United Stat es from any foreign country to Umto f Stales laws, an boo k am hlet a er writin adv ert isem ent cir cul ar ri nt threats of bodily harm, y , p h , h h , gs s 9 h 7 etc. picture, or drawing containing any matter advocating or urgin g t reaso n or ins urre ctio n ag ains t the Uni ted Stat es, or f orcib le r esis t- ance to any law of the United States, or containing any threat to take the life of or inflict bodily harm upon any person in the United Obscene books, pie- States, or any obscene book, pamphlet, paper, writing, advertise- tures, etc ° Ine nt, circular, print, pict ure, drawing, or other representation, f igure, or image on or of paper or other materia l, or any cast, ins trument, or o ther article °which is obscene or immoral, or any Drugs for abortion, dr ug or medicine or any ar tic le whatever for the p rev ent ion of etc. c once ti on or for causin unlawful abortion or an lotter ticket Lottery tickets. h g , y y , or any printed paper that may be used as a lottery ticket, or any En try forbidden of advertisement of any lottery. No such articles, whether imported suc h article s' sep arately or conta ined in package s with o ther goo ds entit led to entry, shall be admitted to entry ; and all su ch articles and, unless it appears to the satisfaction of the collector th at the obscene or other prohibited articles contained in the package we re inclosed therein wi tho ut the kno wled ge or c ons ent of the imp orte r, own er, age nt, or consignee, the entire contents of the package in which such articles Seizure, etc. are contained, shall be subject to seizure and forfeiture as hereinafter Drugs•$° rovided : Provided That the dru s herei nbefore mention ed when Drugs in bulk ea- ~ s eepted. Imported in bulk and not put up forg any of the purposes hereinbefore specified, are excepted from the operation of this subdivision Pro - Discretionaryadmis. vided further, That the Secretary of the Treasury may, in his dis- ion of classics, etc' cr eti on, adm it the so- call ed clas sic s or bo oks of recognized and established literary or scientific merit, but may, in his discretion, admit such classics or books only when imported for noncommercial purposes. Seizure of books,etc ., U pon the a ppe ara nce of any s uch bo ok or mat ter at any c ust oms to awtcourdgment of offi ce, the same sha ll be se ized and held by the collector to await the ju dgment of the district co urt as herein after provid ed and no pr ote st shall be ta ken to the Uni ted Sta tes Cus tom s Co urt fro m the de cisi on of the col lect or. Upon the seizure of such book or matter the collecto r shall transmi t inform ation thereof to the district Proceed ings to be att orne of the district in which is situated the office at which such instituted. y seizure has taken place, who shall institute proceedings in the district D estru ction if de- court for the forf eitur e, co nfisc ation, and destr uctio n of the b ook or clare d as p rohibi ted. matter seized. Up on the adju dic atio n t hat suc h bo ok or matt er thus seized is of the character the entry of which is by this se cti on pro- hibited, it shall be ordered destroyed and shall be destroyed. Upon E ntry allow ed if char- ad udication tha t such book or matter thus seize d is not of the char- acter not prohibited. acter the entry of which is by this section prohib ited, it shall not be excluded fr om entry under the provisions of th is section. a owe dal for jury trial In any such proceeding any party in interest may upon demand have the facts at is sue determine d by a jury and any party may have an appe al or the ri ght of re view as in the c ase of or dina ry a ctio ns or suit s.

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