62 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 645-JUNE 25, 1948 71 The term "United States", as used in this section, shall not include "United States." the Philippine Islands, Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Wake Island, Midway Islands, Kingman Reef, or Guam. § 546. SMUGGLING GOODS INTO FOREIGN COUNTRIES Any person owning in whole or in part any vessel of the United States who employs, or participates in, or allows the employment of, such vessel for the purpose of smuggling, or attempting to smuggle, or assisting in smuggling, any merchandise into the territory of any foreign government in violation of the laws there in force, if under the laws of such foreign government any penalty or forfeiture is provided for violation of the laws of the United States respecting the customs revenue, and any citizen of, or person domiciled in, or any corporation incorporated in, the United States, controlling or sub- stantially participating in the control of any such vessel, directly or indirectly, whether through ownership of corporate shares or other- wise, and allowing the employment of said vessel for any such purpose, and any person found, or discovered to have been, on board of any such vessel so employed and participating or assisting in any such purpose, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. It shall constitute an offense under this section to hire out or charter a vessel if the lessor or charterer has knowledge or reasonable grounds for belief that the lessee or person chartering the vessel intends to employ such vessel for any of the purposes described in this section and if such vessel is, during the time such lease or charter is in effect, employed for any such purpose. § 547. DEPOSITING GOODS IN BUILDINGS ON BOUNDARIES Whoever receives or deposits any merchandise in any building upon the boundary line between the United States and any foreign country, or carries any merchandise through the same, in violation of law, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. § 548. REMovING OR REPACKING GOODS IN WAREHOUSES Whoever fraudulently conceals, removes, or repacks merchandise in any bonded warehouse or fraudulently alters, defaces or obliterates any marks or numbers placed upon packages deposited in such ware- house, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. Merchandise so concealed, removed, or repacked, or packages upon which any marks or numbers have been so altered, defaced, or obliter- ated, shall be forfeited to the United States. § 549. REMOVING GOODS FROM CUSTOMS CUSTODY; BREAKING SEALS Whoever, without authority, affixes or attaches a customs seal, fast- ening, or mark, or any seal, fastening, or mark purporting to be a customs seal, fastening, or mark to any vessel, vehicle, warehouse, or package; or Whoever, without authority, willfully removes, breaks, injures, or defaces any customs seal or other fastening or mark placed upon any vessel, vehicle, warehouse, or package containing merchandise or bag- gage in bond or in customs custody; or Whoever maliciously enters any bonded warehouse or any vessel or vehicle laden with or containing bonded merchandise with intent unlawfully to remove therefrom any merchandise or baggage therein, or unlawfully removes any merchandise or baggage in such vessel, vehicle, or bonded warehouse or otherwise in customs custody or con- trol; or
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