2017 US Code
Title 26 - Internal Revenue Code
Subtitle E - Alcohol, Tobacco, and Certain Other Excise Taxes
Chapter 52 - Tobacco Products and Cigarette Papers and Tubes
Subchapter F - General Provisions
Sec. 5752 - Restrictions relating to marks, labels, notices, and packages
26 U.S.C. § 5752 (2017) |
§5752. Restrictions relating to marks, labels, notices, and packages |
No person shall, with intent to defraud the United States, destroy, obliterate, or detach any mark, label, or notice prescribed or authorized, by this chapter or regulations thereunder, to appear on, or be affixed to, any package of tobacco products or cigarette papers or tubes, before such package is emptied. |
(Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 716; Pub. L. 85–859, title II, §202, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1424; Pub. L. 94–455, title XIX, §1905(b)(7)(B)(i), Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1823.) |
AMENDMENTS
1976—Pub. L. 94–455 struck out reference to stamps in the section catchline and in the text and struck out provisions which had enumerated violations involving the misuse of tax stamps. 1958—Pub. L. 85–859 included marks and notices in the catchline, limited the penalties to cases where there is intent to defraud the United States, and prohibited the destruction, obliteration, or detachment of any mark, label, notice or stamp before a package of tobacco products or cigarette papers or tubes is emptied. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1976 AMENDMENTAmendment by Pub. L. 94–455 effective on first day of first month which begins more than 90 days after Oct. 4, 1976, see section 1905(d) of Pub. L. 94–455, set out as a note under section 5005 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1958 AMENDMENTAmendment by Pub. L. 85–859 effective Sept. 3, 1958, see section 210(a)(1) of Pub. L. 85–859, set out as an Effective Date note under section 5001 of this title. |
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Title 26 - INTERNAL REVENUE CODE Subtitle E - Alcohol, Tobacco, and Certain Other Excise Taxes CHAPTER 52 - TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND CIGARETTE PAPERS AND TUBES Subchapter F - General Provisions Sec. 5752 - Restrictions relating to marks, labels, notices, and packages |
section 5752 |
2017 |
January 12, 2018 |
No |
standard |
72 Stat. 1424 90 Stat. 1823 |
Public Law 85-859, Public Law 94-455 |