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[CITE: 27USC206]

 
                     TITLE 27--INTOXICATING LIQUORS
 
              CHAPTER 8--FEDERAL ALCOHOL ADMINISTRATION ACT
 
              SUBCHAPTER I--FEDERAL ALCOHOL ADMINISTRATION
 
Sec. 206. Bulk sales and bottling


(a) Offenses

    It shall be unlawful for any person--
        (1) To sell or offer to sell, contract to sell, or otherwise 
    dispose of distilled spirits in bulk except, under regulations of 
    the Secretary of the Treasury, for export or to the following, or to 
    import distilled spirits in bulk except, under such regulations, for 
    sale to or for use by the following: A distiller, rectifier of 
    distilled spirits, person operating a bonded warehouse qualified 
    under the internal-revenue laws or a class 8 bonded warehouse 
    qualified under the customs laws, a winemaker for the fortification 
    of wines, a proprietor of an industrial alcohol plant, or an agency 
    of the United States or any State or political subdivision thereof.
        (2) To sell or offer to sell, contract to sell, or otherwise 
    dispose of warehouse receipts for distilled spirits in bulk unless 
    such warehouse receipts require that the warehouseman shall package 
    such distilled spirits, before delivery, in bottles labeled and 
    marked in accordance with law, or deliver such distilled spirits in 
    bulk only to persons to whom it is lawful to sell or otherwise 
    dispose of distilled spirits in bulk.
        (3) To bottle distilled spirits unless the bottler is a person 
    to whom it is lawful to sell or otherwise dispose of distilled 
    spirits in bulk.

(b) Penalty

    Any person who violates the requirements of this section shall, upon 
conviction thereof, be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned for not 
more than one year or both, and shall forfeit to the United States all 
distilled spirits with respect to which the violation occurs and the 
containers thereof.

(c) ``In bulk'' defined

    The term ``in bulk'' mean in containers having a capacity in excess 
of one wine gallon.

(Aug. 29, 1935, ch. 814, title I, Sec. 106, formerly Sec. 6, 49 Stat. 
985; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. III, Sec. 2, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2108, 
54 Stat. 1232; renumbered title I, Sec. 106, Pub. L. 100-690, title 
VIII, Sec. 8001(a)(1), (2), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4517.)

                       References in Text

    The internal-revenue laws, referred to in subsec. (a), are 
classified generally to Title 26, Internal Revenue Code.
    The customs laws, referred to in subsec. (a), are classified 
generally to Title 19, Customs Duties.

                          Transfer of Functions

    ``Secretary of the Treasury'' was substituted in subsec. (a)(1) for 
``Administrator'', meaning the Administrator of the Federal Alcohol 
Administration, pursuant to Reorg. Plan No. III of 1940, see note set 
out under section 201 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 204 of this title.
