and execution by the master on customs Form 3255 of a certification in lieu of the oath or affirmation prescribed by section 448 (a), Tariff Act of 1930.18 (Sec. 448, 486, 46 Stat. 714, 725 as amended; 19 U. S. C. 1448, 1486) [13 F. R. 7929, Dec. 18, 1948, as amended by T. D. 53336, 18 F. R. 5405, Sept. 9, 1953]

§ 4.9 Formal entry. (a) The formal entry of a vessel of the United States shall be in accordance with section 434, Tariff Act of 1930. The required oath shall be on customs Form 3251. Such entry of a foreign vessel shall be in accordance with section 435, Tariff Act of 1930.*0

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the master may make a preliminary entry of a vessel by making oath or affirmation to the truth of the statements contained in the vessel's manifest and delivering the manifest to the customs officer who boards such vessel, but the making of such preliminary entry shall not excuse the master from making formal entry of his vessel at the customhouse, as provided by this Act. • """ (Tariff Act of 1930, sec. 448 (a); 19 U. S. C. 1448 (a))

19 "Except as otherwise provided by law, and under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, the master of a vessel of the United States arriving in the United States from a foreign port or place shall, within forty-eight hours after its arrival within the limits of any customs collection district, make formal entry of the vessel at the customhouse by producing and depositing with the collector the vessel's crew list, its register, or document in lieu thereof, the clearance and bills of health issued to the vessel at the foreign port or ports from which it arrived, together with the original and one copy of the manifest, and shall make oath that the ownership of the vessel is as indicated in the register, or document in lieu thereof, and that the manifest was made out in accordance with section 431 of this Act." (Tariff Act of 1930, sec. 434, as amended; 19 U. S. C. 1434)

20 ""The master of any foreign vessel arriving within the limits of any customs collection district shall, within forty-eight hours thereafter, make entry at the customhouse in the same manner as is required for the entry of a vessel of the United States, except that a list of the crew need not be delivered, and that instead of depositing the register or document in lieu thereof such master may produce a certificate by the consul of the nation to which such vessel belongs that said documents have been deposited with him: Provided, That such exception shall not apply to the vessels of foreign nations in whose ports American consular officers are not permitted to have the custody and possession of the register and other papers of vessels entering the ports of such nations." (Tariff Act of 1930, sec. 435; 19 U. S. C. 1435)

(b) Upon the entry of an American vessel, a certified copy of the crew list shall be filed with the collector in the manner and form prescribed by the United States Coast Guard. The master shall deposit his register or frontier enrollment with the collector before or at the time of entry. The collector may give the master a certificate of deposit on customs Form 1370. If the collector gives the master such a certificate, it shall be exchanged for the vessel's document upon clearance of the vessel, or upon its departure if clearance is not required.

(c) The master of any foreign vessel shall exhibit his register to the collector on or before the entry of the vessel. After the net tonnage has been noted, the master may deliver it to the consul of the nation to which such vessel belongs, in which event he shall file with the collector the certificate required by section 435 of the tariff act. If not delivered to the consul, the register shall be deposited in the customhouse."1

(d) The master of every vessel required to make entry shall present on entry the pratique required by the pertinent regulations of the United States Public Health Service (42 CFR Chapter I) and shall pay all required fees and penalties incurred.

(Secs. 434, 435, 46 Stat. 711, as amended, 712, sec. 366, 58 Stat. 705; 19 U. S. C. 1434, 1435, 42 U. S. C. 269) [13 F. R. 7929, Dec. 18, 1948, as amended by T. D. 53399, 18 F. R. 8686, Dec. 24, 1953]

§ 4.10 Request for overtime services. Request for overtime services in connection with the entry or clearance of a vessel, including the boarding of a vessel for the purpose of preliminary entry," if

21 "It shall not be lawful for any foreign consul to deliver to the master of any foreign vessel the register, or document in lieu thereof, deposited with him in accordance with the provisions of section 435 of this Act until such master shall produce to him a clearance in due form from the collector of the port where such vessel has been entered. Any consul offending against the provisions of this section shall be liable to a fine of not more than $5,000." (Tariff Act of 1930, sec. 438; 19 U. S. C. 1438)

22 "Except as provided in section 441 of this Act (relating to vessels not required to enter), no merchandise, passengers, or baggage shall be unladen from any vessel or vehicle arriving from a foreign port or place until entry of such vessel or report of the arrival of such vehicle has been made and a permit

made at the time the application for a permit to unlade or lade is filed, may be on customs Form 3171 in the space provided therefor, otherwise the request for overtime services shall be on customs Form 3853. Such request for overtime services shall not be approved by the collector unless the required bond on customs Form 7567 or 7569 shall have been filed.

(Secs. 448, 451, 46 Stat. 714, 715, as amended; 19 U. S. C. 1448, 1451) [13 F. R. 7929, Dec. 18, 1948, as amended by T. D. 52442, 15 F. R. 1890, Apr. 4, 1950]

§ 4.11 Sealing of stores. Upon the arrival of a vessel from a foreign port, or a vessel engaged in the foreign trade from a domestic port, sea stores and ship's stores not required for immediate use or consumption on board while the vessel is in port and articles acquired abroad by officers and members of the crew, for which no permit to land has been issued, shall be placed under seal, unless the customs officer is of the opinion that the circumstances do not require such action. Customs inspectors in charge of the vessel, from time to time, as in their judgment the necessity of the case requires, may issue stores from under seal for consumption on board the vessel by its passengers and crew. (See § 4.39.)

[13 F. R. 7929, Dec. 18, 1948]

for the unlading of the same issued by the collector: Provided, That the master may make a preliminary entry of a vessel by making oath or affirmation to the truth of the statements contained in the vessel's manifest and delivering the manifest to the customs officer who boards such vessel, but the making of such preliminary entry shall not excuse the master from making formal entry of his vessel at the customhouse, as provided by this Act. After the entry, preliminary or otherwise, of any vessel or report of the arrival of any vehicle, the collector may issue a permit to the master of the vessel, or to the person in charge of the vehicle, to unlade merchandise or baggage, but except as provided in subdivision (b) of this section merchandise or baggage so unladen shall be retained at the place of unlading until entry therefor is made and a permit for its delivery granted, and the owners of the vessel or vehicle from which any imported merchandise is unladen prior to entry of such merchandise shall be liable for the payment of the duties accruing on any part thereof that may be removed from the place of unlading without a permit therefor having been issued.

(Tariff Act of 1930, section 448 (a); 19 U. S. C. 1448 (a))

§ 4.12 Correction of manifest. (a) If the inward foreign manifest is shown by the inspector's report on customs Form 5931 or otherwise to be incorrect, it shall be corrected promptly. Collectors of customs shall, by such means as they may deem appropriate, notify masters or agents of vessels of shortages or overages in cargoes which require the filing of shortage certificates or post entries.

(b) If any manifested merchandise is not found on board," the manifest shall be corrected by filing with the collector a certificate on customs Form 3249.

(c) If there is on board any merchandise, including bulk merchandise and baggage, which is not included in, or does not agree with, the manifest," the manifest shall be corrected by the execution in duplicate of a post entry on customs Form 3257. The original shall be filed with the collector and the duplicate shall be mailed or delivered promptly to the comptroller of customs for the district in which the port of entry is located.

(d) A correction in the manifest shall not be required in the case of bulk merchandise if the collector is satisfied that the difference between the manifested quantity and the quantity unladen, whether the difference constitutes an overage or a shortage, is an ordinary and usual difference properly attributable to absorption of moisture, temperature, faulty weighing at the port of lading, or other similar reason. A correction in the manifest shall not be required because of discrepancies between marks or

numbers on packages of merchandise and the marks or numbers for the same packages as shown on the manifest of the importing vessel when the quantities and description of the merchandise in such packages are correctly given.

(e) If the discrepancy is not explained to the satisfaction of the collector, the penalties prescribed by section 584, Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, shall be imposed. For the purpose of assessing such penalties the value of the merchandise is that defined in § 23.12 of this chapter. The fact that the master or owner had no knowledge that the discrepancy existed does not relieve him from the penalty.

(Secs. 440, 584, 46 Stat. 712, as amended, 748, as amended; 19 U. S. C. 1440, 1584) [13 F. R. 7929, Dec. 18, 1948, as amended by T. D. 52773, 16 F. R. 6834, July 17, 1951; T. D. 53336, 18 F. R. 5405, Sept. 9, 1953]

§ 4.13 Alcoholic liquors on vessels of not over 500 tons.25 (a) When a vessel of not over 500 net tons which arrives from any foreign port or place or from a visit

25 "In addition to any other requirement of law, every vessel, not exceeding five hundred net tons, from a foreign port or place, or which has visited a hovering vessel, shall carry a certificate for the importation into the United States of any spirits, wines, or other alcoholic liquors on board thereof (sea stores excepted), destined to the United States, said certificate to be issued by a consular officer of the United States or other authorized person pursuant to such regulations as the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury may jointly prescribe. Any spirits, wines, or other alcoholic liquors (sea stores excepted) found, or discovered to have been, upon any such vessel at any place in the United States, or within the customs waters, without said certificate on board, which are not shown to have a bona fide destination without the United States, shall be seized and forfeited and, in the case of any such merchandise so destined to a foreign port or place, a bond shall be required in double the amount of the duties to which such merchandise would be subject if imported into the United States, conditioned upon the delivery of said merchandise at such foreign port or place as may be certified by a consular officer of the United States or otherwise as provided in said regulations: Provided, That if the collector shall be satisfiled that the certificate required for the importation of any spirits, wines, or other alcoholic liquors was issued and was lost or mislaid without fraud, or was defaced by accident, or is incorrect by reason of clerical error or other mistake, said penalties shall not be incurred nor shall such bond be required. ." (19 U. S. C. 1707)

to a hovering vessel has on board any alcoholic liquors, other than sea stores, destined to the United States, a certificate on foreign service Form 149 for the importation of such liquors shall be delivered to the boarding officer with the inward foreign manifest.

(b) When any shipment of spirits, wines, or other alcoholic liquors found on board a vessel not exceeding 500 net tons is shown to have a bona fide destination outside the United States, the master shall furnish a landing bond on customs Form 7593 (see T. D. 47886) with an authorized corporate surety unless the shipment is accompanied by a certificate on foreign service Form 149.

(c) The condition of the landing bond shall be satisfied by the delivery to the collector of customs within 6 months from the date of the bond of a landing certificate or certificates of a revenue officer of the country of destination showing that all the alcoholic liquors have been landed at their foreign destination.

(Sec. 7, 49 Stat. 520; 19 U. S. C. 1707) [13 F. R. 7930, Dec. 18, 1948, as amended by T. D. 53336, 18 F. R. 5405, Sept. 9, 1953]

§ 4.14 Equipment and repairs to American vessels. (a) When the master of a vessel documented under the laws of the United States to engage in the foreign or coasting trade, or intended to be employed in such trade, makes entry for his vessel, he shall certify in duplicate on customs Form 3415 or 3417 as to whether or not any equipment, repair part, or material has been purchased for the vessel, or any expense for repairs has been incurred, in a foreign country, within the purview of section 466, Tariff Act of 1930, as amended."

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26 The Canal Zone and the Virgin Islands are not "foreign countries" within the meaning of sec. 466, Tariff Act of 1930, and equipment, repair parts, or materials there purchased or repairs there made on a vessel of the United States are not dutiable

27 "The equipments, or any part thereof, including boats, purchased for, or the repair parts or materials to be used, or the expenses of repairs made in a foreign country upon a vessel documented under the laws of the United States to engage in the foreign or coasting trade, or a vessel intended to be employed in such trade, shall, on the first arrival of such vessel in any port of the United States, be liable to entry and the payment of an ad valorem duty of 50 per centum on the cost thereof in such foreign country; and if the owner or master

Although an entry may not be required for certain items, as stated in paragraph (b) (1) of this section, such items must nevertheless be reported on customs Form 3415. The duplicate copy of such certificate shall be mailed or delivered by the master to the comptroller of customs.

(b) Entry on customs Form 7535 shall be made for such equipment or repairs of such vessel shall willfully and knowingly neglect or fail to report, make entry, and pay duties as herein required, such vessel, with her tackle, apparel, and furniture, shall be seized and forfeited. For the purposes of this section, compensation paid to members of the regular crew of such vessel in connection with the installation of any such equipments or any part thereof, or the making of repairs, in a foreign country, shall not be included in the cost of such equipment or part thereof, or of such repairs.

"Sec. 3115. If the owner or master of such vessel furnishes good and sufficient evidence

"(1) That such vessel, while in the regular course of her voyage, was compelled, by stress of weather or other casualty to put into such foreign port and purchase such equipments or make such repairs, to secure the safety and seaworthiness of the vessel to enable her to reach her port of destination; or

"(2) That such equipments or parts thereof or repair parts or materials, were manufactured or produced in the United States, and the labor necessary to install such equipments or to make such repairs was performed by residents of the United States, or by members of the regular crew of such vessel; or

"(3) That such equipments, or parts thereof, or materials, or labor, were used as dunnage for cargo, or for the packing or shoring thereof, or in the erection of temporary bulkheads or other similar devices for the control of bulk cargo, or in the preparation (without permanent repair or alteration) of tanks for the carriage of liquid cargo;

then the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to remit or refund such duties, and such vessel shall not be liable to forfeiture, and no license or enrollment and license, or renewal of either, shall hereafter be issued to any such vessel until the collector to whom application is made for the same shall be satisfied, from the oath of the owner or master, that all such equipments or parts thereof or materials and repairs made within the year immediately preceding such application have been duly accounted for under the provisions of this and the preceding sections, and the duties accruing thereon duly paid; and if such owner or master shall refuse to take such oath, or take it falsely, the vessel shall be seized and forfeited." (Tariff Act of 1930, sec. 466, as amended, 19 U. S. C. 257, 258)

and estimated duties deposited or a bond on customs Form 7567 or 7569 given therefor before the vessel shall be allowed clearance, except that

(1) No entry or bond shall be required with respect to items which the collector is satisfied are clearly within the purview of R. S. 3115 (3), as amended, and

(2) Vessels owned by the United States, although subject to the provisions of section 466, Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, shall be allowed to proceed without such deposit of duties or filing of a bond, if operated by the Maritime Administration or other agency of the United States or if operated under an agreement providing that such an agency shall pay duties accruing under such section 466. Vessels owned by the United States and operated by private parties who are liable by agreement for duties accruing under section 466 shall be treated in all respects the same as privately owned vessels.

(c) No consular invoice shall be required, but the master shall file with the entry receipts showing the costs of the items enumerated in the said section 466. If, however, it is impracticable to produce such receipts at the time of entry, liquidation of the entry shall be suspended pending the furnishing of a complete account of the items liable to duty. In such cases the collector shall cause an examination of such equipment or repairs to be made by a representative of the appraiser's office, if possible, in order to verify the cost declared on entry. If the cost of the equipment or repairs, as shown by the complete account when filed, differs from that declared on entry, the collector may permit the entry to be amended accordingly.

(d) When the entry has been completed by the filing of proper evidence of cost and no application for relief as provided for in paragraph (e) of this section, has been filed within the time authorized or, if filed, has been finally acted upon, or the collector is informed that no such application will be filed, the entry shall be liquidated.

(e) An application for relief may be filed with the collector of customs alleging (1) that an item covered by the entry is not within the class of items liable to duty under section 3114, Revised Statutes, as amended, (2) that such item is within the provisions of section 3115, Revised Statutes, as amended, or (3) both of the foregoing. To insure con

sideration in liquidation of the entry, the application shall be filed within 90 days from the date of the entry and, unless the collector is definitely advised that no application will be filed, the liquidation shall be suspended for that period of time to afford an opportunity for such filing. In meritorious cases the collector may authorize a further suspension of 90 days upon written request therefor. Inasmuch as an unprotested liquidation, insofar as it relates to the classification of items for the purposes of section 3114, Revised Statutes, is final at the expiration of 60 days, a subsequent application in regard to such classification cannot be considered in the absence of a timely protest.

(f) When relief is claimed under subdivision (1) of section 3115, Revised Statutes, as amended, there shall be submitted to the collector of customs a certificate of the master together with itemized bills covering the cost of the repairs made or equipment purchased, abstracts of the vessel's log, and a certificate of the proper officer when the repairs were made in order to obtain a certificate of seaworthiness, all of which shall be in duplicate if the vessel is owned or operated by the Maritime Administration, or a similar agency of the United States.

This certificate of the master shall set out fully the following information: (1) The nature of the casualty or stress of weather encountered;

(2) When and where the casualty or stress of weather occurred;

(3) The damage done by the casualty or stress of weather;

(4) The port where the repairs were made or the equipment secured; and

(5) A statement of the master of the vessel as to whether or not the repairs or equipments were required to secure the safety and seaworthiness of the vessel to enable her to reach her port of destination.

(g) When relief is claimed under subdivision (2) or (3) of section 3115, Revised Statutes, as amended, a certificate of the master shall be submitted to the Collector of Customs, accompanied by the evidence in support of the claim.

(h) The evidence referred to in paragraphs (f) and (g) of this section, or offered in support of an application filed under paragraph (e) (1) of this section,

shall be furnished to the collector of customs within 90 days after an application is filed. If such evidence is not received within the 90-day period the entry shall be liquidated without regard to the application unless the collector of customs shall have approved an extension of such period.

(i) The master shall certify as true copies or originals, as the case may be, one copy of each repair bill, abstract of the vessel's log, report of survey, and other documents submitted in support of the application for relief. If a document is written in a foreign language, it shall be accompanied by a translation certified to be accurate.

(j) When the evidence referred to in paragraphs (f), (g), or (h) of this section has been received and examined by the collector of customs he shall notify the owner or operator of the vessel, or other party in interest, of his decision, but if any doubt exists the case shall first be referred to the Bureau for advice. Thirty days after the date of such notice the collector shall proceed to liquidate the entry unless within that period the owner or operator of the vessel, or other party in interest, shall file a petition as provided for in paragraph (k) of this section.

(k) The owner or operator of the vessel involved, or other party in interest, may file with the collector of customs a petition addressed to the Commissioner of Customs for a review of the collector's decision on an application claiming relief under section 3115, Revised Statutes, as amended, (paragraph (e) (2) or (3) of this section). Such petition shall be filed in duplicate within 30 days from the date of the notice of the collector's decision, shall completely identify the case, and shall set forth in detail the exceptions to the collector's decision. When such a petition has been filed, the collector shall immediately transmit both copies thereof and the entire file to the Bureau, together with any comments he may desire to submit. When the Bureau's decision has been received the entry shall be liquidated in accordance therewith.

(R. S. 3114, as amended, 3115, as amended; 19 U. S. C. 257, 258) [13 F. R. 7930, Dec. 18, 1948, as amended by T. D. 52395, 15 F. R. 584, Feb. 2, 1950; T. D. 53268, 18 F. R. 3093, May 29, 1953; T. D. 53336, 18 F R. 5405, Sept. 9, 1953; T. D. 53399, 18 F. R. 8686, Dec. 24, 1953]