{"identifier":"/us/usc/t16/s4223","title":16,"num":"\u00a7\u202f4223.","heading":"Prohibited acts","text":"\u00a7\u202f4223.\nProhibited acts\nExcept as provided in\n(1) to import raw ivory from any country other than an ivory producing country;\n(2) to export raw ivory from the United States;\n(3) to import raw or worked ivory that was exported from an ivory producing country in violation of that country\u2019s laws or of the CITES Ivory Control System;\n(4) to import worked ivory, other than personal effects, from any country unless that country has certified that such ivory was derived from legal sources; or\n(5) to import raw or worked ivory from a country for which a moratorium is in effect under\nsection 4222 of this title","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t16/s4223.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t16/s4223","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f4223."},{"t":"heading","text":"Prohibited acts","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"Except as provided in ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 4222(e) of this title","href":"/us/usc/t16/s4222/e","tail":", it is unlawful for any person\u2014"}]},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s4223/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" to import raw ivory from any country other than an ivory producing country;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s4223/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" to export raw ivory from the United States;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s4223/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" to import raw or worked ivory that was exported from an ivory producing country in violation of that country\u2019s laws or of the CITES Ivory Control System;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s4223/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" to import worked ivory, other than personal effects, from any country unless that country has certified that such ivory was derived from legal sources; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s4223/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"content","text":" to import raw or worked ivory from a country for which a moratorium is in effect under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 4222 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t16/s4222","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}