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PUBLIC LAW 85-859-SEPT. 2, 1958

[72 S T A T.

"SEC. 5751. PURCHASE, RECEIPT, POSSESSION, OR SALE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND CIGARETTE PAPERS AND TUBES, AFTER REMOVAL. " (a) RESTRICTION.—No person shall— "(1) with intent to defraud the United States, purchase, receive, possess, offer for sale, or sell or otherwise dispose of, after removal, any tobacco products or cigarette papers or tubes— " (A) upon which the tax has not been paid or determined in the manner and at the time prescribed by this chapter or regulations thereunder; or " (B) which, after removal without payment of tax pursuant to section 5704, have been diverted from the applicable purpose or use specified in that section; or "(2) with intent to defraud the United States, purchase, receive, possess, offer for sale, or sell or otherwise dispose of, after removal, any tobacco products or cigarette papers or tubes, which are not put up in packages as required under section 5723 or which are p u t up in packages not bearing the marks, labels, notices, and stamps, as required under such section; or "(3) otherwise than with intent to defraud the United States, purchase, receive, possess, offer for sale, or sell or otherwise dispose of, after removal, any tobacco products or cigarette papers or tubes, which are not put up in packages as required under section 5723 or which are put up in packages not bearing the marks, labels, notices, and stamps, as required under such section. This paragraph shall not prevent the sale or delivery of tobacco products or cigarette papers or tubes directly to consumers from proper packages, nor apply to such articles when so sold or delivered. " (b) LIABILITY TO TAX.—Any person who possesses tobacco products or cigarette papers or tubes in violation of subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2) shall be liable for a tax equal to the tax on such articles. "SEC. 5752. RESTRICTIONS RELATING TO MARKS, LABELS, NOTICES, STAMPS, AND PACKAGES. "No person shall, with intent to defraud the United States— " (a) destroy, obliterate, or detach any mark, label, notice, or stamp prescribed or authorized, by this chapter or regulations thereunder, to appear on, or be affixed to, any package of tobacco products or cigarette papers or tubes, before such package is emptied; or " (b) empty any package of tobacco products or cigarette papers or tubes without destroying any stamp thereon to evidence the tax or indicate compliance with this chapter, prescribed by this chapter or regulations thereunder to be affixed to such package; or "(c) detach, or cause to be detached, from any package of tobacco products or cigarette papers or tubes any stamp, prescribed by this chapter or regulations thereunder, to evidence the tax or indicate compliance with this chapter, or purchase, receive, possess, sell, or dispose of, by gift or otherwise, any such stamp which has been so detached; or "(d) purchase, receive, possess, sell, or dispose of, by gift or otherwise, any package which previously contained tobacco products or cigarette papers or tubes which has been emptied, and upon which any stamp prescribed by this chapter or regulations thereunder, to evidence the tax or indicate compliance with this chapter, has not been destroyed.

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