Section 405
SEC. 405. Articles of prohibited importation, as defined in section six of the Tariff Revision Law of nineteen hundred and one, when seized by the customs authorities, shall be disposed of as follows: (a) Dynamite, gunpowder, and similar explosives, and firearms of all descriptions and detached parts therefor, shall be held, pending instructions in each case from the Civil Governor, as to the disposition to be made thereof; (b) Books, pamphlets, or other printed matter, paintings, or illustrations, figures, or other objects, of an obscene or indecent character, shall be held by the customs authorities, and shall be destroyed as soon as their status as articles of prohibited importation shall have been finally established; (c) Roulette wheels, gambling layouts, dealing boxes, and all other machines, apparatus, or mechanical devices used in gambling, or used in the distribution of money, cigars, or other articles, when such distribution is dependent upon lot or chance, shall be held by the customs authorities for a period of thirty days, pending the presentation of evidence satisfactory to the collector that they were sought to be imported bona fide, and in ignorance of the law, failing which the articles shall be destroyed in accordance with the regulations prescribed by this Act for the disposition of articles dangerous to the public health. If, however, evidence satisfactory to the collector shall be presented, showing that the articles were imported bona fide, and in ignorance of the law. they may be permitted to be entered for immediate reexportation in bond, under the usual formalities for such case prescribed.