<section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="idd40cfdb4-b211-11e9-bc44-d051d0f40dfd" identifier="/us/usc/t18/s4012"><num value="4012">§ 4012.</num><heading> Summary seizure and forfeiture of prison contraband</heading><content>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">An officer or employee of the Bureau of Prisons may, pursuant to rules and regulations of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons, summarily seize any object introduced into a Federal penal or correctional facility or possessed by an inmate of such a facility in violation of a rule, regulation or order promulgated by the Director, and such object shall be forfeited to the United States.</p>
</content><sourceCredit id="idd40cfdb5-b211-11e9-bc44-d051d0f40dfd">(Added <ref href="/us/pl/98/473/tII/s1109/d">Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 1109(d)</ref>, <date date="1984-10-12">Oct. 12, 1984</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/98/2148">98 Stat. 2148</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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