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CITE

    18 USC Sec. 554                                             01/05/2009

EXPCITE

    TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
    PART I - CRIMES
    CHAPTER 27 - CUSTOMS

HEAD

    Sec. 554. Smuggling goods from the United States

STATUTE

      (a) In General. - Whoever fraudulently or knowingly exports or
    sends from the United States, or attempts to export or send from
    the United States, any merchandise, article, or object contrary to
    any law or regulation of the United States, or receives, conceals,
    buys, sells, or in any manner facilitates the transportation,
    concealment, or sale of such merchandise, article or object, prior
    to exportation, knowing the same to be intended for exportation
    contrary to any law or regulation of the United States, shall be
    fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.
      (b) Definition. - In this section, the term "United States" has
    the meaning given that term in section 545.

SOURCE

    (Added Pub. L. 109-177, title III, Sec. 311(a), Mar. 9, 2006, 120
    Stat. 242.)

CODIFICATION

      Another section 554 was renumbered section 555 of this title.