                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                             PART I--CRIMES
 
            CHAPTER 114--TRAFFICKING IN CONTRABAND CIGARETTES
 
Sec. 2343. Recordkeeping and inspection

    (a) Any person who ships, sells, or distributes any quantity of 
cigarettes in excess of 60,000 in a single transaction shall maintain 
such information about the shipment, receipt, sale, and distribution of 
cigarettes as the Secretary may prescribe by rule or regulation. The 
Secretary may require such person to keep only--
        (1) the name, address, destination (including street address), 
    vehicle license number, driver's license number, signature of the 
    person receiving such cigarettes, and the name of the purchaser;
        (2) a declaration of the specific purpose of the receipt 
    (personal use, resale, or delivery to another); and
        (3) a declaration of the name and address of the recipient's 
    principal in all cases when the recipient is acting as an agent.

Such information shall be contained on business records kept in the 
normal course of business. Nothing contained herein shall authorize the 
Secretary to require reporting under this section.
    (b) Upon the consent of any person who ships, sells, or distributes 
any quantity of cigarettes in excess of 60,000 in a single transaction, 
or pursuant to a duly issued search warrant, the Secretary may enter the 
premises (including places of storage) of such person for the purpose of 
inspecting any records or information required to be maintained by such 
person under this chapter, and any cigarettes kept or stored by such 
person at such premises.

(Added Pub. L. 95-575, Sec. 1, Nov. 2, 1978, 92 Stat. 2464.)


                             Effective Date

    Section effective on first day of first month beginning more than 
120 days after Nov. 2, 1978, see section 4 of Pub. L. 95-575, set out as 
a note under section 2341 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1961, 2344, 2346 of this 
title.
