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 524 Vol.46,p.749;U.S. C., p. 897. Unlawful unlading or transshipm ent. Liability of master ; unl awf ul unlading within customs waters. Penalty provision. Upon the hi gh se as adjacent to cust oms waters for transship - ment. Penalty provision. Tr anss hipm ent of prohibited cargoes on high seas to Uni ted States vessel . Penalty provision. Liability of vessel, etc ., re ceiv ing proh ib- it ed transshipped car- go- Of persons assisting in transshipment . Exempt car goes ; no- tification required. 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 438 . AUGUST 5, 1935. SEC. 205. Section 586 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (U. S. C., Supp. VII, title 19, sec . 1586) is amended to read as follows : "SEC. 586. UNLAWFUL UNLADING OR TRANSSHIPMENT "(a) The master of any vessel from a foreign port or place who allows any merchandise (including sea stores) to be unladen from such vessel at any time after its arrival within the customs waters and before such vessel has come to the proper place for the dis- charge of such merchandise, and before he has received a permit to unlade, shall be liable to a penalty equal to twice the value of the merchandise but not less th an $1,000, and such vessel and its cargo and the merchandise so unladen shall be seized and forfeited. "(b) The master of any vessel from a foreign port or place who all ows a ny me rchan dise (incl uding sea store s), t he im porta tion of which into the United States is prohibited, or which consists of any spirits, wines, or other alcoholic liquors, to be unladen f rom his vessel at any place upon the high seas adjacent to the customs waters of the United States to be transshipped to or placed in or received on any v essel of a ny de scrip tion, with know ledge, or under circ um- stances indicating tae purpose to render it possible, that such mer- chandise, or any part thereof, may be introduced, or attempted to be introduced, into the Uni ted States in violation of law, shall be liable to a penalty equal t o twice the value of the merchandise but not less than $1,000, and the vessel from which the merchandise is so unladen, and its carg o and such merchandise, shall be seized and forfeited. "( c) The master of any vessel from a foreign port or place who allows any merchandise (including sea stores) destined to the United States, the importation of which into the United States is pro- hibited, or which consists of any spirits, wines, or other alcoholic liquors, to be unladen, wit hout permit to unlade, at any place upon the high seas adja cent to th e cus toms water s of the U nited Stat es, to be transshipped to or pl aced in or received on any vessel of the United States or any other vessel which is owned by any person a citizen of, or domiciled in, the United States, or any corporation incorporated in the United States, shall be liable to a penalty equal to twice the v alue of the merchandise but not less than $1,000, and the vessel from which the merchandise is so unladen, and its cargo and such merchandise, shall be seized and forfeited . "(d) If any merchandise (including sea st ores) unladen in viola- tion of the provisions of this section 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 penalty equal to twice the value of the merchandise, but not less than $1,000, and such vessel, and its cargo and such merchandise shall be seized and forfeited. "(e) Whoever, at any place, if a citizen of the United States, or at any place in the United States or within one league of the coast of the United States, if a foreign national, shall engage or aid or assi st in any unladin g or tran sshipment of any merchandise in consequence of which any ve ssel becomes subject to forfeiture under the p rovisions of this se ction shal l, in addi tion to an y other pe nalties provided by law, be liable to imprisonment for not more than two years . "( f) Whenever any part of the cargo or stores of a vessel has been unladen or transshipped because of accident, stress of weather, or other necessity, the mas ter of such vessel and the master of any vessel to which such cargo or stores has been transshipped shall, as soon as possible thereafter, notify the collector of the dis tri ct within which such unlading or transshipment has occurred, or the