Drug Enforcement Administration

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21 USC Sec. 955 01/22/02

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TITLE 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS
CHAPTER 13 - DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONTROL
SUBCHAPTER II - IMPORT AND EXPORT

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Sec. 955. Possession on board vessels, etc., arriving in or departing from United States

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It shall be unlawful for any person to bring or possess on board any vessel or aircraft, or on board any vehicle of a carrier, arriving in or departing from the United States or the customs territory of the United States, a controlled substance in schedule I or II or a narcotic drug in schedule III or IV, unless such substance or drug is a part of the cargo entered in the manifest or part of the official supplies of the vessel, aircraft, or vehicle.

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(Pub. L. 91-513, title III, Sec. 1005, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1287.)

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REFERENCES IN TEXT

Schedules I, II, III, and IV, referred to in text, are set out in section 812(c) of this title.

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SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 956, 960 of this title; title 18 sections 5032, 5038; title 28 section 994.

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