Notes on 19 U.S.C. § 2601 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 19 U.S.C. § 2601 : US Code - Notes

(Pub. L. 97-446, title III, Sec. 302, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat.
2351.)
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Section 1483 of this title, referred to in par. (4), was repealed
by Pub. L. 97-446, title II, Sec. 201(c), Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat.
2349. Prior to repeal, section 1483 read: "For the purposes of this
subtitle -
"(1) All merchandise imported into the United States shall be
held to be the property of the person to whom the same is
consigned; and the holder of a bill of lading or the holder of an
air waybill duly indorsed by the consignee therein named, or, in
the case of a bill of lading if consigned to order, by the
consignor, shall be deemed the consignee thereof; except that
this section shall not limit in any way the rights of the
consignor, as prescribed by article 12 of the Warsaw Convention
(49 Stat. 3017). The underwriters of abandoned merchandise and
the salvors of merchandise saved from a wreck at sea or on or
along a coast of the United States may be regarded as the
consignees.
"(2) A person making entry of merchandise under the provisions
of subdivision (h) or (i) of section 1484 of this title (relating
to entry on carrier's certificate and on duplicate bill of
lading, respectively) shall be deemed the sole consignee
thereof."
CODIFICATION
Section 2605 of this title, referred to in par. (3), was in
original "section 206" and was translated as section 2605 of this
title, which is section 306 of Pub. L. 97-446, as the probable
intent of Congress.
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section 315 of title III of Pub. L. 97-446 provided that:
"(a) In General. - This title [enacting this chapter] shall take
effect on the ninetieth day after the date of the enactment of this
Act [Jan. 12, 1983] or on any date which the President shall
prescribe and publish in the Federal Register, if such date is -
"(1) before such ninetieth day and after such date of
enactment; and
"(2) after the initial membership of the Committee is
appointed.
"(b) Exception. - Notwithstanding subsection (a), the members of
the Committee may be appointed in the manner provided for in
section 306 [2605 of this title] at any time after the date of the
enactment of this Act [Jan. 12, 1983]."
SHORT TITLE
Section 301 of title III of Pub. L. 97-446 provided that: "This
title [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the 'Convention on
Cultural Property Implementation Act'."
(!1) See References in Text note below.