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 CH. 51—DISTILLED SPIRITS, WINES, AND BEER

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SEC. 5608. PENALTY FOR MAKING OR FERMENTING MASH ON UNAUTHORIZED PREMISES; ILLEGAL USE OF SPIRITS; UNLAWFUL REMOVAL OF VINEGAR; ETC. (a) VIOLATION OF SECTION 5216.—Every person who violates any

provision of section 5216 shall be fined for each offense not more than $5,000, and be imprisoned not more than 2 years. (b) UNLAWFUL REMOVAL OF VINEGAR.—Every person, who shall remove, or cause to be removed, from any vinegar factory or place where vinegar is made, any vinegar or other fluid or material containing a greater proportion than 2 percent of proof spirits shall incur a forfeiture of the vinegar, fluid, or material containing such proof spirits. (c) APPLICABILITY OF SECTIONS 5615 AND 5616 TO MANUFACTURERS

OF VINEGAR.—The penalties provided in sections 5615 and 5616 shall apply to persons carrying on the operations described in section 5216. SEC. 5609. PENALTY RELATING TO RETURN OF MATERIALS USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF DISTILLED SPIRITS.

Any person who willfully violates any provision of section 5213(a), or of any rules or regulations issued thereunder, and any officer, director, or agent of any such person who knowingly participates in such violation, shall upon conviction be fined not more than $500 or be imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both. SEC. 5610. PENALTY FOR USING UNREGISTERED PRODUCING SPIRITS.

MATERIALS

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Any person who uses any molasses, beer, or other substance, whether fermented on the premises or elsewhere, for the purpose of producing spirits, without recording the receipt thereof as required under section 5197(a)(1)(A), shall forfeit and pay the sum of $1,000 for each such offense. SEC. 5611. PENALTY FOR USING FALSE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

Every person who knowingly uses any false weights or measures in ascertaining, weighing, or measuring the quantities of grain, meal, or vegetable materials, molasses, beer, or other substances to be used for distillation, shall be fined not more than $5,000, and imprisoned not more than 3 years. SEC. 5612. PENALTY FOR USING MATERIAL OR REMOVING WITHOUT SUPERVISION.

SPIRITS

'] Every distiller or person employed in any distillery who uses, or causes or permits to be used, any material for the purpose of making mash, wort, or beer, or for the production of spirits, or removes any spirits, in the absence of such supervision by storekeeper-gaugers as may be prescribed under section 5192(c), shall forfeit and pay double the amount of taxes on the spirits so produced, distilled, or removed, and in addition thereto be liable to a penalty of $1,000. SEC. 5613. PENALTY FOR DISTILLING DURING PROHIBITED HOURS.

Every person who violates the provisions of section 5195(a) shall be liable to a penalty of $1,000. SEC. 5614. PENALTY AND FORFEITURE FOR REMOVAL OF DURING PROHIBITED HOURS.

SPIRITS

Every person who violates section 5195(b) shall be liable to a penalty of $100 for each cask, barrel, or package of spirits so removed; and such spirits, together with any package containing the same, and § 6614

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