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[CITE: 26USC5606]

 
                     TITLE 26--INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
 
      Subtitle E--Alcohol, Tobacco, and Certain Other Excise Taxes
 
             CHAPTER 51--DISTILLED SPIRITS, WINES, AND BEER
 
 Subchapter J--Penalties, Seizures, and Forfeitures Relating to Liquors
 
   PART I--PENALTY, SEIZURE, AND FORFEITURE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO 
      DISTILLING, RECTIFYING, AND DISTILLED AND RECTIFIED PRODUCTS
 
Sec. 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, Sec. 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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 5301 of this title.
