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19 U.S.C. § 1307

Convict-made goods; importation prohibited

United States · Title 19 — CUSTOMS DUTIES · Status: effective

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19 U.S.C. § 1307, Convict-made goods; importation prohibited, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/450283
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All goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part in any foreign country by convict labor or/and forced labor or/and indentured labor under penal sanctions shall not be entitled to entry at any of the ports of the United States, and the importation thereof is hereby prohibited, and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to prescribe such regulations as may be necessary for the enforcement of this provision. “Forced labor”, as herein used, shall mean all work or service which is exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty for its nonperformance and for which the worker does not offer himself voluntarily. For purposes of this section, the term “forced labor or/and indentured labor” includes forced or indentured child labor.

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