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INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1954

purpose, or on payment of tax for any purpose, authorized by subchapter E; and any such distilled spirits removed to a distillery or internal revenue bonded warehouse may be withdrawn therefrom if of a proof of 160 degrees or more for any tax-free purpose authorized by subchapter E or for any purpose authorized in the case of like spirits produced at a distillery: Provided further, That any such distilled spirits, upon removal from a distUlery or internal revenue bonded warehouse for transfer to an industrial alcohol plant or industrial alcohol bonded warehouse or for any tax-free purpose authorized by subchapter E shall be subject to the provisions of part I of subchapter E: Provided further, That when any distilled spirits are removed under the provisions of this section to a distillery, industrial alcohol plant, or industrial alcohol bonded warehouse, the tax liability of the proprietor of the distillery, internal revenue bonded warehouse, industrial alcohol plant, or industrial alcohol bonded warehouse from which the spirits are removed, and the liens on such distillery, industrial alcohol plant, or industrial alcohol bonded warehouse, shall cease; and at and from the time the distilled spirits leave the distillery, internal revenue bonded warehouse, industrial alcohol plant, or industrial alcohol bonded warehouse, the tax shall be the liability of the proprietor of, and the liens shall be transferred to the premises of, the distillery, industrial alcohol plant, or industrial alcohol bonded warehouse to which the distUled spirits are transferred: Provided further, That when any distilled spirits are removed under the provisions of this section to an internal revenue bonded warehouse the proprietor of such warehouse shall be primarily liable for the tax on the spirits at and from the time the spirits leave the premises from which transferred: Provided further, That section 5011(a) shall apply in respect of losses of any distilled spirits transferred, or removed for transfer, under this section to a distillery or internal revenue bonded warehouse; and section 5011(c) shall apply in respect of losses of any distilled spirits transferred, or removed for transfer, under this section to an industrial alcohol plant or industrial alcohol bonded warehouse: And provided further. That section 5195(a) and (b) shall not apply to the production or redistillation and removal of any such spirits; nor shall sections 5021 and 5081 apply to the redistillation or to the mingling at a distillery or an internal revenue bonded warehouse or in the course of removal, of any such spirits. (b)

EXEMPTION F R O M STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS. — The Secretary

or his delegate may temporarily exempt proprietors of distilleries, internal revenue bonded warehouses, industrial alcohol plants, or industrial alcohol bonded warehouses from any provision of the internal revenue laws relating to distilled spirits, except those requiring payment of the tax thereon, whenever in his judgment it may seem expedient to do so to meet the requirements of the national defense. Whenever the Secretary or his delegate shall exercise the authority conferred by this subsection he may prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to accomplish the purpose which caused him to grant the exemption. (c) TERMINATION OF SECTION.—The authority conferred upon the Secretary or his delegate by this section shall expire at the close of July 11, 1956. § 5217(a)

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