Federal · Title 16 — Conservation
16 U.S.C. § 4223: Prohibited acts
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to import raw ivory from any country other than an ivory producing country; to export raw ivory from the United States; to import raw or worked ivory that was exported from an ivory producing country in violation of that country’s laws or of the CITES Ivory Control System; 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 to import raw or worked ivory from a country for which a moratorium is in effect under section 4222 of this title .
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