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Bonded warehouses belonging to the government will he called “ almacenes
federales de depósito;” those established by concessionaires will be called
“ almacenes generales de depósito,” and goods stored therein will be known as
“goods in fiscal deposit.”
Akt. 394. Permission for the entry of foreign goods into bonded warehouses
will be granted by the custom-houses, provided that the goods have not passed
beyond fiscal control, that they have been examined, and the amount of duties
Payable on them has been fixed. It will not be exacted as an indispensable
condition that the invoices or petitions for clearance should contain a statement,
in advance, to the effect that the goods are intended to enter a bonded
warehouse. When they are to enter a bonded warehouse situated away from fhe
place at which the custom-house of entry is located, the permission will only be
granted in case transportation can be had by rail, subject to the conditions laid
down in Chapter XIII of these ordinances.
Art. 395. The maximum time that goods may remain in a bonded warehouse
is one year, during which they may be reexported without having paid import
duties, or, subject to the payment of these duties and of other dues payable
according to the settlement prepared upon their arrival at the custom-house, may
be taken out for consumption within the country ; and the settlement alluded to
( ‘an not be modified save by reason of an arithmetical error, an erroneous application
of the law, or a misstatement as to the quantity or quality of the goods
discovered subsequently to their examination by the custom house.
The taking out of goods from the bonded warehouses, either for reexportation
abroad or their consumption within the country, may be effected partially ; but
>n this case no less a quantity of goods than the contents of a complete package
’nay be taken out, and then only when from the terms in which it was declared
to the custom-house it is possible to determine exactly and without any need of
a new examination the amount of duties payable on the package or packages
Which it is desired to take out. When goods are stored in bulk, they can only
be taken out in quantities of not less than a ton.
Art. 396. The removal of goods in fiscal deposit from one warehouse to
another can not take place without leave previously obtained from the department
of finance at the request of the interested parties. If the warehouses are
directly connected by rail the removal will take place in accordance with the
formalities set forth in Chapter XIII of these ordinances, and if they are not so
connected tbe department of finance, when it sees fit to authorize the removal,
Will lay down the conditions subject to which it is to be effected.
Notwithstanding the removal of goods from one warehouse to another the
I’oriod of one year granted for the warehousing of the goods will be counted from
their admittance to the first of the warehouses in which they were deposited, and
do allowance will be made for the interruption occurring through the removal
° r any other cause.
Art. 397. At the expiration of the period of one year allowed for the warehousing
of the goods, said goods must be taken out for consumption, the payment
°f duties and expenses incurred being enforced as provided by article 395. If,
Within a fortnight following the expiration of the period above mentioned, the
b'oods shall not have been taken out by the interested parties they will be
I'Ggarded as derelict and the custom-house will proceed to sell them at public
'diction in the manner laid down by Chapter XX of these ordinances.
If the goods have been warehoused at the federal bonded warehouses only
il sufficient portion of the goods will be taken out to pay the bill for duties and
^bouses and the remainder of the goods will be removed to the ordinary cusbinis
warehouses, where they will be kept for six months longer, at the expirah°n
of which, if they are not taken away by the interested parties, they will be
s °bl by the custom house at public auction.
When the goods have been warehoused in general bonded warehouses the
^tom-houses may, if so requested by the concessionaires, authorize the latter
'° take away the goods for consumption, after payment of duties and other
ex Penses owed to the exchequer.
, Art. 398. Samples destined for exhibition in the general Ixmded warehouses
'¡bthorized to present such exhibits may, if they are dutiable on importation,
Villain in bond for two years, during which they may be exported, wholly or in
I l 't. without payment of duties, taken out for consumption or removed to other
"aided warehouses. If. within a fortnight from the expiration of the period of
' v<) years the samples have not been taken away by the Interested parties the
Ustom-house will act in accordance witli the provisions of the foregoing article.
Art. 399. In case the department of finance declares the forfeiture of a con-
