Supporting U.S.C.

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TITLE 19—CUSTOMS DUTIES

be served by allowance of the privileges provided
for in this chapter to any fair to be held in the
United States, he shall so advise the Secretary
of the Treasury, designating (1) the name of the
fair, (2) the place where the fair will be held, (3)
the date when the fair will open and the date
when it will close, and (4) the name of the operator of the fair.
(b) Definitions
For purposes of this chapter—
(1) The term ‘‘fair’’ means any fair, exhibition, or exposition designated by the Secretary of Commerce pursuant to this section.
(2) The term ‘‘closing date’’ in the case of
any fair means the date designated pursuant
to subsection (a)(3) of this section as the date
when the fair will close, or (if earlier) the date
on which such fair actually closes.
(c) Regulations
The Secretary of Commerce may prescribe
such regulations as he deems necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this section.
(Pub. L. 86–14, § 2, Apr. 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 18.)
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Section 1 of Pub. L. 86–14 provided: ‘‘This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Trade Fair Act
of 1959’.’’

§ 1752. Entry of articles for fairs
Any article imported or brought into the
United States—
(1) which is in continuous customs custody,
covered by a customs exhibition bond, or in a
foreign trade zone, and
(2) on which no duty or internal-revenue tax
has been paid,
may, without payment of any duty or internalrevenue tax, be entered under bond under this
section for the purpose of exhibition at a fair, or
for use in constructing, installing, or maintaining foreign exhibits at a fair.
(Pub. L. 86–14, § 3, Apr. 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 18.)
IMMUNITY FROM SEIZURE UNDER JUDICIAL PROCESS OF
CULTURAL OBJECTS IMPORTED FOR TEMPORARY EXHIBITION OR DISPLAY
Presidential determination of cultural significance of
objects and exhibition or display thereof in the national interest, see section 2459 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.

§ 1753. Disposition of articles entered for fairs
(a) Disposition upon payment of duties and taxes
At any time before, or within 3 months after,
the closing date of any fair, any article entered
for such fair under section 1752 of this title may
be sold or otherwise disposed of within, or may
be removed from, the area of such fair. This subsection shall apply only if, before such disposition or removal—
(1) the article, after the entry for such fair
under section 1752 of this title, has been entered under any provision of the customs laws,
and
(2) any applicable duties and internal-revenue taxes are paid on such article in its condi-

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tion and quantity, and at the rate in effect, at
the time of such entry as if such article were
imported or brought into the United States at
the time of such entry.
(b) Disposition without payment of duties or
taxes
At any time before, or within 3 months after,
the closing date of any fair, any article entered
for such fair under section 1752 of this title may,
without the payment of any duties or internalrevenue taxes, be—
(1) exported,
(2) transferred from such fair to other customs custody status or to a foreign-trade zone,
(3) destroyed, or
(4) abandoned to the Government.
(c) Mandatory abandonment to Government
If any article entered under section 1752 of this
title is still in customs custody, under such
entry, at the expiration of 3 months after the
closing date of the fair for which it was entered,
such article shall thereupon be regarded as an
article abandoned to the Government and shall
be subject to sale or destruction of the article
and disposition of the proceeds of sale in the
manner provided for in sections 1491, 1492, and
1493 of this title. For purposes of this subsection,
any duties or internal-revenue taxes on the article shall be computed on the basis of its condition and quantity at the time it becomes subject
to sale.
(d) Period for performance of certain acts
Whenever any article entered under section
1752 of this title is transferred pursuant to subsection (b)(2) of this section or entered under
subsection (a) of this section, the period prescribed for the performance of any act required
by the provision governing the status to which
the article is transferred, or under which the article is entered, shall run from the date of such
transfer or entry.
(Pub. L. 86–14, § 4, Apr. 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 18.)
§ 1754. Marking, packaging, and labeling requirements
(a) Marking requirements of the customs laws
Articles entered under section 1752 of this title
shall not be subject to any marking requirements of the customs laws, except that when
any such article is entered for consumption
under section 1753 of this title it shall not be released from customs custody until the marking
requirements of the customs laws have been
complied with.
(b) Packaging, marking, or labeling requirements of the internal-revenue laws or the
Federal Alcohol Administration Act
Articles entered under section 1752 of this title
shall not be subject to the packaging, marking,
or labeling requirements of the internal-revenue
laws or of the Federal Alcohol Administration
Act [27 U.S.C. 201 et seq.], except that any such
article failing to comply with such requirements—
(1) shall be conspicuously marked prior to
exhibition ‘‘Not labeled or packaged as required by law—not for sale’’, and