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PUBLIC LAW 8 5 - 8 5 9 - S E P T. 2, 1958

"SEC. 5235. BOTTLING OF ALCOHOL FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES. "Alcohol for industrial purposes may be bottled, stamped, labeled, and cased on bonded premises of a distilled spirits plant prior to payment or determination of tax, under such regulations as the Secretary or his delegate may prescribe. The provisions of sections 5178(a) (4)(A), 5205 (a)(1), and 5233 (relating to the bottling of distilled spirits in bond) shall not be applicable to alcohol bottled, stamped, and labeled as such under this section. "SEC. 5236. DISCONTINUANCE OF STORAGE FACILITIES AND TRANSFER OF DISTILLED SPIRITS. "When the Secretary or his delegate finds any facilities for the storage of distilled spirits on bonded premises to be unsafe or unfit for use, or the spirits contained therein subject to great loss or wastage^ he may require the discontinuance of the use of such facilities and require the spirits contained therein to be transferred to such other storage facilities as he may designate. Such transfer shall be made at such time and under such supervision as the Secretary or his delegate may require and the expense of the transfer shall be paid by the owner or the warehouseman of the distilled spirits. Whenever the owner of such distilled spirits or the warehouseman fails to make such transfer within the time prescribed, or to pay the just and proper expense of such transfer, as ascertained and determined by the Secretary or his delegate, such distilled spirits may be seized and sold by the Secretary or his delegate in the same manner as goods are sold on distraint for taxes, and the proceeds of such sale shall be applied to the payment of the taxes due thereon and the cost and expenses of such sale and removal, and the balance paid over to the owner of such distilled spirits. "Subpart D—Denaturation "Sec. 5241. Authority to denature. "Sec..5242. Denaturing materials. "Sec. 5243. Sale of abandoned spirits for denaturation without collection of tax. "Sec. 5244. Cross references. "SEC. 5241. AUTHORITY TO DENATURE.

"Under such regulations as the Secretary or his delegate shall prescribe, distilled spirits may be denatured on the bonded premises of any distilled spirits plant operated by a proprietor who is authorized to produce distilled spirits at such plant or on other bonded premises. Any other person operating bonded premises may, at the discretion of the Secretary or his delegate and under such regulations as he may prescribe, be authorized to denature distilled spirits on such bonded premises. Distilled spirits to be denatured under this section shall be of such kind and of such degree of proof as the Secretary or his delegate shall by regulations prescribe. "SEC. 5242. DENATURING MATERIALS. "Methanol or other denaturing materials suitable to the use for which the denatured distilled spirits are intended to be withdrawn shall be used for the denaturation of distilled spirits. Denaturing materials shall be such as to render the spirits with which they are admixed unfit for beverage or internal human medicinal use. The character and the quantity of denaturing materials used shall be as prescribed by the Secretary or his delegate by regulations.

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