§ 1220.15 - Warehouses for storage of tea.

(a) Warehouses for the storage of tea will be designated by the District Director of Customs and the proprietor thereof will be required to give a bond in the form prescribed (Customs Form No. 3581). Teas not stored in such designated warehouses will be placed in general order store or in public store pending examination and release on proper permit. In the absence of proper storage facilities at customhouses, teas may be retained in locked cars as constructive warehouses, under proper supervision, pending examination.

(b) The importer's premises may be designated as warehouses for the storage of tea on the filing of the bond provided for by the regulations in this part, but whenever, in the discretion of the District Director of Customs, it shall be considered desirable, a storekeeper shall be assigned to the supervision of such premises at the importer's expense while the teas shall remain under bond therein.