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21 USC Sec. 957 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. 957. Persons required to register
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(a) Coverage
No person may -
(1) import into the customs territory
of the United States from any place outside thereof (but within the United
States), or import into the United States from any place outside thereof,
any controlled substance or list I chemical, or
(2) export from the United States
any controlled substance or list
I chemical, unless there
is in effect with respect to such person a registration
issued by the Attorney General under section 958
of this title, or unless
such person is exempt from registration under subsection
(b) of this section.
(b) Exemptions
(1) The following persons shall
not be required to register under the provisions of this section and may
lawfully possess a controlled substance or list I chemical:
(A) An agent or an employee
of any importer or exporter registered
under section 958 of this title if such agent or
employee is acting in
the usual course of his business or employment.
(B) A common or contract carrier
or warehouseman, or an employee
thereof, whose possession of any controlled substance or list
I chemical is in the usual course of his business or employment.
(C) An ultimate user who possesses
such substance for a purpose specified in section 802(25) (FOOTNOTE 1)
of this title and in conformity with an exemption granted under section
956(a) of this title.
(FOOTNOTE 1) See References
in Text note below.
(2) The Attorney General may,
by regulation, waive the requirement
for registration of certain importers and exporters if he
finds it consistent with the public health and safety; and may authorize
any such importer or exporter to possess controlled substances
or list I chemicals for purposes of importation and exportation.
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(Pub. L. 91-513, title III, Sec.
1007, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat.1288;
Pub. L. 98-473, title II, Sec. 523, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2076;
Pub. L. 103-200, Sec. 3(e), Dec. 17, 1993, 107 Stat. 2337.)
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REFERENCES IN TEXT
Section 802(25)
of this title, referred to in subsec. (b)(1)(C), was
redesignated section 802(26) of this title by Pub. L. 98-473, title
II, Sec. 507(a), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2071, and was further
redesignated section 802(27) of this title by Pub. L. 99-570,
title I, Sec. 1003(b)(2), Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207-6.
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AMENDMENTS
1993 - Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L.
103-200, Sec. 3(e)(1)(A), inserted ''or list I chemical'' after ''controlled
substance''.
Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 103-200,
Sec. 3(e)(1)(B), substituted ''or
list I chemical,'' for ''in schedule I, II, III, IV, or V,''.
Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 103-200,
Sec. 3(e)(2)(A), inserted ''or list I chemical'' after ''controlled substance''
in introductory provisions and subpar. (B).
Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 103-200,
Sec. 3(e)(2)(B), inserted ''or list
I chemicals'' after ''controlled substances''.
1984 - Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L.
98-473 inserted reference to schedule V.
EFFECTIVE DATE
OF 1993 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 103-200 effective
on date that is 120 days after
Dec. 17, 1993, see section 11 of Pub. L. 103-200, set out as a
note under section 802 of this
title.
PROVISIONAL REGISTRATION
Section 1104 of Pub. L. 91-513,
as amended by Pub. L. 99-514, Sec.
2, Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2095, provided that:
''(a)(1) Any person -
''(A) who is engaged in importing
or exporting any controlled substance
on the day before the effective date of section 1007 (May
1, 1971),
''(B) who notifies the Attorney
General that he is so engaged, and
''(C) who is registered on
such day under section 510 of the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (section 360 of this title) or
under section 4722 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (formerly
I.R.C. 1954, section 4722 of title 26), shall,
with respect to each establishment for which such registration
is in effect under any such section, be deemed to have a
provisional registration under section 1008 (section 958
of this title) for the
import or export (as the case may be) of controlled substances.
''(2) During the period his
provisional registration is in effect under
this section, the registration number assigned such person under
such section 510 or under such section 4722 (as the case may be)
shall be his registration number for purposes of part A of this title
(this subchapter).
''(b) The provisions of section
304 (section 824 of this title), relating to suspension and revocation of
registration, shall apply to a provisional registration under this section.
''(c) Unless sooner suspended
or revoked under subsection (b), a provisional
registration of a person under subsection (a)(1) of this
section shall be in effect until -
''(1) the date on which such
person has registered with the Attorney
General under section 1008 (section 958 of this
title) or has had his
registration denied under such section, or
''(2) such date as may be prescribed
by the Attorney General for registration of importers or exporters, as
the case may be, whichever occurs first.''
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SECTION REFERRED
TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in
sections 954, 960,
965 of this title.
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