Penalty relating to containers of distilled spirits

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  2. USC 26
  3. Internal Revenue Code
  4. Alcohol, Tobacco, and Certain Other Excise Taxes
  5. DISTILLED SPIRITS, WINES, AND BEER
  6. Penalties, Seizures, and Forfeitures Relating to Liquors
  7. PENALTY, SEIZURE, AND FORFEITURE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO DISTILLING, RECTIFYING, AND DISTILLED AND RECTIFIED PRODUCTS
  8. Penalty relating to containers of distilled spirits

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§5606. Penalty relating to containers of distilled spirits

Whoever violates any provision of section 5301, or of any regulation issued pursuant thereto, or the terms or conditions of any permit issued pursuant to the authorization contained in such section, and any officer, director, or agent of any corporation who knowingly participates in such violation, shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both, for each such offense.

(Added Pub. L. 85–859, title II, §201, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1402 .)

Prior Provisions

A prior section 5606, act Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 684 , related to penalty and forfeiture for distilling without giving bond, prior to the general revision of this chapter by Pub. L. 85–859. See sections 5601(a)(4), 5602, and 5615(3) of this title.

Provisions similar to those comprising this section were contained in prior section 5641, act Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 692 , prior to the general revision of this chapter by Pub. L. 85–859.


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