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Title 21 United States Code (USC) Controlled Substances Act


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

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.

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

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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