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§162.4. Search for letters.

19 C.F.R. § 162.4

A Customs officer may search vessels for letters which may be on board or may have been conveyed contrary to law on board any vessel or on any post route, and shall seize such letters and deliver them to the nearest post office or detain them subject to the orders of the postal authorities.
Notes, amendments, and revision history

Amendments

[T.D. 72-211, 37 FR 16488, Aug. 15, 1972]

Source

Source: T.D. 79-159, 44 FR 31970, June 4, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 19 U.S.C. 66, 1592, 1593a, 1624, 6 U.S.C. 101, 8 U.S.C. 1324(b). Section 162.3 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1581; Section 162.4 also issued under 39 U.S.C. 604, 605; Section 162.5 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1581, 49 U.S.C. 1509; Section 162.6 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1461, 1467, 1496; Section 162.7 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 482; Section 162.8 also issued under 9 U.S.C. 1629; Section 162.21 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 482, 1581, 1582, 1602; Section 162.22 also issued under 18 U.S.C. 546; 19 U.S.C. 1459, 1594, 1595a, 1701, 1703-1708; Section 162.23 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1595a(c). Section 162.32 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1603, 1610; Section 162.32 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1603, 1610; Section 162.43 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1606, 1608; Section 162.44 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1614; Section 162.45 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1607, 1608; Section 162.45a also issued under 21 U.S.C. 881; Section 162.46 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1609, 1611; Section 162.47 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1608; Section 162.48 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1606, 1607, 1608, 1612, 1613b, 1618; Section 162.49 also issued under 26 U.S.C. 5688; Section 162.50 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1611, 1705; Section 162.61 also issued under 21 U.S.C. 952, 953, 957; Section 162.62 also issued under 21 U.S.C. 952, 956; Sections 162.63, 162.64 also issued under 21 U.S.C. 881, 966; Section 162.65 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1584, 21 U.S.C. 960, 961. Sections 162.65 and 162.72 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1431(b) and 19 U.S.C. 1644. Sections 162.91 through 162.96 also issued under 18 U.S.C. 983.

Source

Source: T.D. 72-211, 37 FR 16488, Aug. 15, 1972, unless otherwise noted.

Amendments

[T.D. 72-211, 37 FR 16488, Aug. 15, 1972]