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the general declaration with the figure for the total number of crew.

(3) A cargo manifest for all cargo on board shall be submitted with the general declaration. The cargo manifest shall be on customs Form 7509 except as otherwise provided in this paragraph.

(i) When Form 7509 is used, the full information called for by the official form shall be shown thereon except that the detailed information about the cargo shipped under air waybills may be furnished by securely attaching to the cargo manifest a copy of each air waybill, by listing the numbers thereof on the manifest, and by noting the statement "Cargo as per Air Waybills Attached" on the manifest.

(ii) Customs Form 5119 may be used as the cargo manifest if there is on board only cargo not exceeding $250 in value which is to be entered on such form.

(iii) Customs Form 7523 may be used as the cargo manifest if there is on board only cargo which may be entered on that form.

(iv) No cargo manifest is required for merchandise, including baggage and stores, arriving from and departing for a foreign country on the same through flight, although any such document on board may be inspected, except that any arms, ammunition, or implements of war on board which require a license issued by the Secretary of State shall be manifested on every arrival.

(v) On the cargo manifest or on a separate list attached thereto in which case the manifest shall bear the notation "Stores list attached," there shall be shown all alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, narcotic drugs, and bonded or foreign merchandise arriving as stores as well as all equipment of a type requiring a license as specified in subdivision (iv) of this subparagraph.

(vi) In the case of aircraft of scheduled airlines, domestic supplies and equipment not subject to license (unless subject to a duty equal to any internalrevenue tax from which such articles were previously excepted) and any fuel need not be included in the stores list if the statement "Domestic supplies and equipment and fuel for immediate flight only, except as noted" is noted on the cargo manifest or separate stores list attached thereto.

(vii) Unaccompanied baggage arriving in the United States under a check number from any foreign country by air

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On the right of the foregoing colum two blanks columns, one headed "Nar of examining officer" and on the rig thereof another headed "Disposition shall be provided on the cargo manife for use of customs officers. Unacco panied unchecked baggage arriving air express or freight shall be manifest as other air express or freight.

(c) One copy of the general declar tion and one copy of each attached mar fest shall be delivered by the aircra commander or an authorized person in mediately to the customs officer in char at the airport or other place of arriv

(d) The provisions of section 40 Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U. S. 257, 258), are applicable to any aircra of United States registry engaged trade and arriving in the United State as defined in section 401 (k), Tariff A of 1930, as amended (19 U. S. C. 140 (k)), whether from a contiguous or nor contiguous foreign country, and a nota tion as to any equipment installed o or repairs made to, any such aircraft a foreign country shall be made in th aircraft journey log book, which sha set forth a general description of th equipment or repairs and a stateme of any necessity therefor. The aircra commander or an authorized person, the first subsequent arrival of the ai craft in the United States, shall exhib the journey log book to the custor officer at the place of arrival. A declar tion on customs Form 3415, to the effe that no equipment was purchased, or pairs made, in a foreign country, not be required in any case for any su aircraft. Except as specified hereaft in this paragraph, any such equipme purchased or repairs made shall be su ject to entry and deposit of duty as pr scribed by § 4.14 of this chapter, but t following may be added to the entry lieu of the filing of customs Form 3415:

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This entry contains a complete accou of the equipment purchased for and t repairs made to the within-mentioned a craft during the flight covered hereby, t gether with the cost of such equipment a the expenses of such repairs (including t cost of installation of equipment and t cost of repair parts and material used Application is hereby made for the asce

tainment of the amount of duty due under section 466, Tariff Act of 1930, as amended.

(e) The filing of customs Form 3415 and entry and deposit of duty for equipment purchased for or repairs made to in aircraft belonging to a scheduled airine or to an air carrier generally authorized to operate contract passenger r cargo flights and operating between the United States and foreign territory hall not be required if (1) such equipment or repairs were made necessary by reason of stress of weather or other casalty occurring since the aircraft last eft the United States and were required lo secure the safety and airworthiness of he aircraft in accordance with Fed#ral Aviation Agency regulations to nable the aircraft to continue its @ight; or such equipment installed and materials used in making the repairs were of the growth, produce, or manufacture of the United States and the work incident to such installation or repairs was performed by the regular crew of the aircraft or by residents of the United States, (2) the following statement is included on the general declaration or attached cargo manifest:

Entry for equipment purchased or repairs made to this aircraft while in a foreign country not required under section 6.7 (e) of the Customs Regulations.

and (3) the collector is satisfied from an inspection of the journey log book and such further investigation as he may deem necessary that the facts with respect to the installation of the equipment and making of repairs were as set forth in subparagraph (1) of this paragraph.

(f) The provisions of section 446, Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1446), relating to supplies and stores retained on board, shall be applicable to aircraft arriving in the United States from any foreign port or place.

(g) Crew baggage declarations required by § 10.22 (b) of this chapter shall be filed by the officers and members of the crew of aircraft arriving from contiguous or noncontiguous foreign territory. A crew member may be permitted to make an oral declaration and entry if all articles he has to declare, in addition to articles for which no entry is required in accordance with § 23.4 (c) of this chapter, may be admitted free of duty under section 321(a) (2) (B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended. Written declarations may be required in any case if necessary to effect prompt and orderly

clearance of crew members and their effects or if deemed necessary to protect the revenue. A nonresident crewmember leaving an aircraft to travel as a passenger or crewmember on another carrier which will take him to a place outside the United States and who desires to take with him to such place articles not exceeding $200 in value accompanying him for which he seeks free entry under item 812.40 Tariff Schedules of the United States shall follow the procedure set forth in § 10.22(d) of these regulations. When such a nonresident crewmember has any articles which he will claim as bona fide gifts under item 812.25, Tariff Schedules of the United States, he must follow the procedure for declaring such gifts set forth in § 10.22(e) of the regulations of this chapter.

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(h) The provisions of section 440 " and 584, Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, relate respectively to post entry for correction of and to penalties for falsity or lack of a manifest. Those provisions are applicable to aircraft arriving from a place outside the United States with merchandise and unaccompanied baggage. An incorrect cargo manifest shall be corrected promptly. Post entry to add to a manifest any merchandise or unaccompanied baggage omitted from or which does not agree with the manifest may be made by the airline on a separate copy of the cargo manifest form marked or stamped "Post Entry." If not made on such a copy, a post entry shall be prepared by the airline on customs Form 5931, appropriately modified including deletion of the applica

2 "If there is any merchandise or baggage on board such vessel which is not included in or which does not agree with the manifest, the master of the vessel shall make a post entry thereof, and mail or deliver a copy to such employee as the Secretary of the Treasury shall designate and for failure so to do shall be liable to a penalty of $500." (Tariff Act of 1930. Sec. 440, as amended; 19 U. S. C. 1440.)

2b" if any merchandise described in such manifest is not found on board the vessel or vehicle the master or other person in charge or the owner of such vessel or vehicle shall be subject to a penalty of $500: Provided, That if the collector shall be satisfied that the manifest is incorrect by reason of clerical error or other mistake and that no part of the merchandise not found on board was unshipped or discharged except as specified in the report of the master, said penalties shall not be incurred. (Tariff Act of 1930, sec. 584, as amended; 19 U. S. C. 1584.)

tion to make post entry. A post entry shall be signed by the aircraft commander or an authorized person. Correction of a manifest to delete merchandise and unaccompanied baggage not on board the aircraft at the time of arrival may be made by submission of a separate copy of the cargo manifest form listing the merchandise and unaccompanied baggage not found, together with the reasons for the shortage. If not made on such a copy, an appropriately modified Form 5931 shall be used by the airline to make such corrections. The copy of the cargo manifest form or modified Form 5931 shall bear a signed declaration of the aircraft commander or an authorized person reading, "I declare to the best of my knowledge and belief that the shortage of merchandise described herein was not landed at this port for the reasons stated."

§ 6.8 Documents for clearance, or for certain departures.

(a) At the time of departure of any aircraft from any area from which clearance is required by § 6.3 or 6.5, the aircraft commander or an authorized person shall deliver to the customs officer in charge an outward general declaration and a cargo manifest and shipper's export declarations on Commerce Form 7525-V for all cargo on the aircraft (also for the aircraft itself if it is being exported from the United States for foreign account). Shipper's export declarations and any required cargo manifest may be filed pro forma if the aircraft is departing from the United States and prior to departure a proper bond is given, in which case the completed shipper's export declarations and the completed cargo manifest are to be delivered pursuant to the bond not later than the fourth day after departure: Provided, That, during any period covered by a proclamation of the President that a state of war exists between foreign nations, no aircraft shall be cleared for a foreign destination until the shipper's export declarations and completed cargo manifest shall have been filed with the customs officer in charge: And provided further, That no aircraft shall be cleared until the completed cargo manifest and all required shipper's export declarations have been filed with the customs officer in charge if the aircraft is departing on a flight from the United States directly or indirectly to Poland (including Danzig), a country or other

destination in Subgroup A as specified in the Export Regulations (15 CFF 371.3), Cuba, Hong Kong, or Macao, un less clearance is authorized by the Com missioner of Customs. At the time of de parture of an aircraft not required to clear which is transporting merchandise from one to another area or from an area to possessions of the United States, the documents prescribed in the regulations of the Bureau of the Census (15 CFR Par 30) must be filed before departure or a bond to produce the required documents timely and pro forma documents, wher required by the collector of customs, as prescribed in 15 CFR 30.24 must be filed Clearance of the aircraft on such a flight is not required unless foreign residue car go is being carried (see § 6.9 of the regu lations of this part), or unless the aircraft is of foreign registry and is not departing under the procedure provided for in § 6.2(d) or unless the aircraft is to proceed to a foreign destination thereafter.

(b) The outward general declaration shall be on customs Form 7507. Any cargo manifest required with such declaration shall be on customs Form 7509. The full information required by the official forms shall be shown thereon except as otherwise provided in this paragraph.

(1) In the case of shipments on an air waybill, a copy of each such document may be attached to the cargo manifest, the numbers of such air waybills listed in the body of the manifest and the statement "Cargo as per Ai Waybills Attached" noted on the manifest.

(2) On direct departures only, for shipments requiring a shipper's export declaration a copy of each export declaration may be attached to the cargo manifest. In such case the numbers of such declarations shall be listed on the cargo manifest in the column for air waybill numbers, and the statement "Cargo as per Export Declarations Attached" noted on the manifest.

(c) When the aircraft is departing directly from the United States, the gen eral declaration required by this section shall be prepared in duplicate, with a single copy of each cargo manifest. In the case of clearance of a scheduled aircraft at an interior port two copies of each cargo manifest for cargo there laden are required if the aircraft is proceeding to another port before departure

from the United States for a place outside thereof. For each shipment to be exported under an entry or withdrawal for exportation or for transportation and xportation, the outward manifest or the airway bill or consignment note attached o the manifest and made part thereof & hall clearly show for such shipment the tumber, date, and class of such customs ntry or withdrawal (i.e. T. & E., Wd. FT. & E., I.E., Wd. Ex., or Wd. T., as applicable) and the name of the port there the entry or withdrawal was filed S other than the port where the merhandise is laden for exportation. One opy of the general declaration and each sir cargo manifest shall be delivered by in the aircraft commander or an authorized person to the customs officer in charge to be retained by him as a record of outWard clearance.

(d) One copy of the general declaration for departure from the United States shall constitute a clearance certificate when endorsed by the customs officer in charge to show that clearance is granted. When a scheduled aircraft obtains clearance at a port other than the port at or nearest the place of last take-off, a copy of the cargo manifest shall be attached to and accompany the general declaration endorsed at such port for any necessary use at subsequent United States ports.

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(e) In any case that merchandise other than residue cargo which requires documentation in every instance specified in § 6.9 of the regulations of this part) destined from one to another carea of the United States is transported by aircraft on a direct flight between the areas, a cargo manifest shall be required only for any merchandise transported as cargo which is excepted from the filing of shipper's export declarations or for which shipper's export declarations cannot be timely filed. Any required cargo - manifest and all required shipper's export declarations shall be filed with the collector of customs at the place of departure. For cargo requiring shipper's export declarations, a declaration shall be made on the cargo manifest, or if none is hereinbefore required by this section, then either on the form for a cargo manifest or the form for making a general declaration. This declaration shall state either "Attached Shipper's Export Declarations represent a full and complete enumeration and description of the cargo carried on this flight except that

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Customs officers may verify any of the above statements by examining the shipping records of the airline involved.

(R.S. 4197, as amended, R.S. 4200, as amended; 46 U.S.C. 91, 92)

§ 6.9 Residue cargo.*

(a) Aircraft arriving in the United States with cargo on board shown by the manifest to be destined to other ports in the same or in some other areas of the United States or outside the United States may be permitted to proceed with such cargo from port to port in the United States or to a foreign country for the unlading thereof under the procedure prescribed in paragraph (b) of this

ན་་་ ** Any vessel arriving from a foreign port or place having on board merchandise shown by the manifest to be destined to a port or ports in the United States other than the port of entry at which such vessel first arrived and made entry may proceed with such merchandise from port to port or from district to district for the unlading thereof." (19 U.S.C. 1442.)

"Merchandise arriving in any vessel for delivery in different districts or ports of entry shall be described in the manifest in the order of the districts or ports at or in which the same is to be unladen. Before any vessel arriving in the United States with any such merchandise shall depart from the port of first arrival, the master shall obtain from the collector a permit therefor with a certified copy of the vessel's manifest showing the quantities and particulars of the merchandise entered at such port of entry and of that remaining on board." (19 U.S.C. 1443.)

"Within twenty-four hours after the arrival of such vessel at another port of entry, the master shall report the arrival of his vessel to the collector at such port and shall produce the permit issued by the collector at the port of first arrival together with the certified copy of his manifest." (19 U.S.C. 1444.)

section, upon the giving of a bond on customs Form 7567 or 7569. When an aircraft arriving from outside the United States has on board no cargo and immediate clearance is requested, it may be permitted to proceed if a bond on customs Form 7567 or 7569 is on file covering such aircraft.

(b) When applying for clearance from the airport or place of first entry in an area of the United States, the aircraft commander or an authorized person shall present to the collector a traveling general declaration and manifest and an abstract general declaration and manifest. The traveling general declaration and manifest shall be one certified copy of the original inward general declaration and of each manifest or list required to be attached thereto at the time of entry (see § 6.7) of the aircraft. The abstract general declaration and manifest shall be one copy of a general declaration and one copy of each manifest forming a part thereof covering all foreign residue cargo not yet cleared by customs or other interested government agency and manifested or destined for discharge at other domestic or foreign ports. When crew purchases are not itemized on the crew purchase list because reference is made to "Crew declarations and entries attached," such declarations on customs Form 5123 of crewmembers who have not left the aircraft with their purchases at the port of first entry shall not be retained there but shall be attached to the traveling general declaration and manifest. Any such crew declaration shall be detached at the port where the articles covered thereby receive customs clearance. When all documents are in order a permit to proceed from one airport to another, which may be stamped, mimeographed, or printed on the abstract general declaration or on a separate sheet of paper attached thereto, shall be dated and signed by the appropriate customs officer at the airport of clearance. The documents presented by the aircraft commander or authorized person when applying for clearance shall be delivered to the aircraft commander, together with the permit to proceed, for deposit at the next international airport.

5 Other copies of abstract manifests may be required by other interested governmental agencies.

Includes air waybills when part of the manifest.

The permit to proceed and a related de laration of the aircraft commander or a authorized person, to be executed o entry at the next airport, shall be sub stantially as follows:

PERMIT TO PROCEED FROM ONE AIRPORT TO ANOTHER

Airport of Departure
Date

Permission is hereby given aircraft to proceed to

(Next international airport) The aircraft, which has arrived from and destined to the places shown in the gener declaration, is proceeding to such places destination to discharge residue cargo, pas sengers, or crew members and their pur chases, as listed in the attached manifest Bond was given at the initial internationa airport for the cargo retained on board Items of cargo manifested for delivery a this airport appear to have been landed. Number of crew members not cleared b Public Health for: Quarantine ------; medi cal examination of aliens

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(c) Upon arrival of the aircraft at the next airport (except when such airport is the last domestic port of discharge), the aircraft commander or an authorized person shall make entry by presenting the abstract general declaration and manifest and the traveling general declaration and manifest, together with the permit to proceed, to the customs officer after the declaration at the bottom of the permit to proceed has been properly executed. The declarations and entries of crew members (customs Form 5123) who leave the aircraft at that airport with their purchases

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