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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 2092. Export certification requirement
(a) Issuance by country of export
No pre-Columbian monumental or architectural sculpture or mural
which is exported (whether or not such exportation is to the United
States) from the country of origin after the effective date of the
regulation listing such sculpture or mural pursuant to section 2091
of this title may be imported into the United States unless the
government of the country of origin of such sculpture or mural
issues a certificate, in a form acceptable to the Secretary, which
certifies that such exportation was not in violation of the laws of
that country.
(b) Procedure when certificate lacking
If the consignee of any pre-Columbian monumental or architectural
sculpture or mural is unable to present to the customs officer
concerned at the time of making entry of such sculpture or mural -
(1) the certificate of the government of the country of origin
required under subsection (a) of this section;
(2) satisfactory evidence that such sculpture or mural was
exported from the country of origin on or before the effective
date of the regulation listing such sculpture or mural pursuant
to section 2091 of this title; or
(3) satisfactory evidence that such sculpture or mural is not
covered by the list promulgated under section 2091 of this title;
the customs officer concerned shall take the sculpture or mural
into customs custody and send it to a bonded warehouse or public
store to be held at the risk and expense of the consignee until
such certificate or evidence is filed with such officer. If such
certificate or evidence is not presented within the 90-day period
after the date on which such sculpture or mural is taken into
customs custody, or such longer period as may be allowed by the
Secretary for good cause shown, the importation of such sculpture
or mural into the United States is in violation of this chapter.
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