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 24 73d CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 18. MARCH 31, 1933 . reasonable diligence ascertain to be false, induce any physician to prescribe liquor for medicinal use (1) when there is no medicinal ne ed for such liquor or (2) in excess of the amount of medicinal liquor needed." ailments. concerning (b) Section 7 of title II of su ch Ac t, as amended, is further Vol . a m e n d e d b y i n s e r t i n g b e f o r e t h e p e r i o d a t t h e e n d t h e r e o f a s e m i - 8 6 colon and the following : "but no physician shall be called upon to file any statement of such ailment in the Department of Justice or the Department of the Treasury or in any other office of the Government, or to keep his records in such awayasto lead to the Exce ption s. disclosure of any such ailment, except as he may be lawfully required (1) to make such disclosure in any court in the course of a hearing Vol .41,p.311. under authority of section 9, title II, of this Act, or (2) to make such disclosure to any duly qualified person engaged in the execution or e nforc ement of this Act or any Act supplementary heret o ." Prescription s . SEC . 2 . Strike out section 8 of title II of the National Prohibition pea led °- 41, p. 311, re- Act, and insert in lieu thereof the following U.S.C 'p. 856. a SEC. 8 . The Commissioner shall cause stamps to be printed, the Stamps to be srbsti- tutedforofficialblanks . design of wh ich shall be pr esc ri bed by regulations in accordance with the provisions of this Act, and he shall furnish the same free To be affixed, etc ., of cost to physicians holding permits to prescribe . Eac h such to prescrip- tions. physician shall affix one of said stamps to each such prescription written by him and shall cancel same under regulations to be stamps unlawful . etc .,, without prescribed in accordance with the provisions of th is Act . No physician shall prescribe and no pharmacist shall fill any prescription counterfeiting Unlu use, re-use, for liquor unless such stamp is affixed thereto. Every person who, otherw ise than is auth orized b y this A ct, uses or who falsely makes, forges, alters, counterfeits, or re-uses any stamp made or used under any provision of this Act, or with such intent uses, sells, or has in his possesion 1 any such forged, altered, or counterfeited stamp, or any pla te or die us ed or wh ich may be u sed in the m anuf actu re Punishment for. thereof, or who shall m ake, use , sell, or have in his p ossessio n any paper i n imitat ion of t he paper used in the man ufacture of any stamp required by this Act, shall, on conviction, be punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000 or by imprisonment at hard labor not exceeding Effective date of sec- two years. The effective date of this section 2 shall be not earlier tion. than January 1, 1934 ." Vol . 42, p. 222, re- SEC. 3. Strike out the first paragraph of se cti on 2 of the Act pea led . p. 855. entitled "An Act supplemental to the National Prohibition Act", Spirituous and vin- approved November 23, 1921, and insert in lieu thereof the following : o sliquor only, to be " SEC. 2 . Only spirituous and vinous liquor may be prescribed for medicinal purposes. All prescriptions for any other liquor shall be Exempted articles. void. But this provision shall not be construed to limit the sale of Vol. 41, p. aos. any article the manufacture of which is authorized under section 4, title II, of the National Prohibition Act ." Vol. 46, p. 429 . SEC . 4. Strike out subdivision (a) of section 5 of the Prohibition 59 IIS.C. Supp-v,' p . Reorganization Act of 1930, and insert in lieu thereof the following : "(a) The Attorney General and the Secretary of the Treasury shall Regulations as to per- jointly prescribe all regulations under this Act and the National mits, etc. Prohibit ion Act relating to perm its and prescript ions for liquor for medicinal purposes, and the quantities of spirituous and vinous liquor that may be prescribed for medicinal purposes, and the form of all applicat ions, bo nds, per mits, re cords, a nd repor ts under such Rlating to Prohibi- Acts : Provided, That all regulations relating to the Bureau of Lion Bureau. P rohi biti on in the De part ment of Jus tice sha ll be ma de by the Attorney General ." Approved, March 31, 1933 . 'So in original.