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26 USC 4774.

PUBLIC LAW 728-JULY 18, 1966

[70 S T A T.

(b) CORRECTION OF REFERENCE.—Subsection (b) of such section is amended by striking out "chapter 23 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended," and inserting in lieu thereof "subchapter A of chapter 39 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954,". SEC. 109. TERRITORIAL EXTENT OF LAW. Section 4774 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (territorial extent of certain laws relating to narcotic drugs and marihuana) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "On and after the effective date of the Narcotic Control Act of 1956, the provisions referred to in the preceding sentence shall not apply to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico unless the Legislative Assembly of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico expressly consents thereto in the manner prescribed in the constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for the enactment of a law.". TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 18 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE SEC. 201. ADDITION OF NEW CHAPTER—NARCOTICS.

62 Stat. 764.

Part I of title 18 of the United States Code is amended by inserting after chapter 67 the following new chapter: "CHAPTER 68—^NARCOTICS

"Sec. "1401. "1402. "1403. "1404. "1405. "1406. "1407.

26 USC 4733.

Definitions. Surrender of heroin—procedure. Use of communications facilities—penalties. Motion to suppress—appeal by the United States. Issuance of search warrants—procedure. Immunity of witnesses. Border crossings—narcotic addicts and violators.

"§ 1401. Definitions "As used in this chapter— "The term 'heroin' shall mean any substance identified chemically as diacetylmorphine or any salt thereof. "The term 'United States' shall include the District of Columbia, the Territory of Alaska, the Territory of Hawaii, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the insular possessions of the United States, the Trust Territory of the Pacific, and the Canal Zone. "§ 1402. Surrender of heroin—procedure Any heroin lawfully possessed prior to the effective date of this Act shall be surrendered to the Secretary of the Treasury, or his designated representative, within one hundred and twenty days after the effective date of the Act, and each person making such surrender shall be fairly and justly compensated therefor. The Secretary of the Treasury, or his designated representative, shall formulate regulations for such procedure. All quantities of heroin not surrendered in accordance with this section and the regulations promulgated thereunder by the Secretary of the Treasury, or his designated representative, shall by him be declared contraband, seized, and forfeited to the United States without compensation. All quantities of heroin received pursuant to the provisions of this section, or otherwise, shall be disposed of in the manner provided in section 4733 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, except that no heroin shall be distributed or used for other than scientific research purposes approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, or his designated representative.

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