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Penalty on fraudulent import entries and concealments.
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67. If any person shall import, or cause to be imported, goods of one denomination concealed in packages of goods of any other denomination, or any package containing goods not corresponding with the entry thereof, or shall directly or indirectly import or cause to be imported or entered any package of goods of one denomination which shall afterwards be discovered, either before or after delivery thereof, to contain other goods or goods subject to a higher rate or other amount of duty than those of the denomination by which such package or the goods in such package were entered, such package, and the goods therein, shall be forfeited; and such person shall forfeit for every such offence a penalty of one hundred pounds, or treble the value of the goods contained in such package, at the election of the Commissioners of Customs.
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