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Code · U.S. Code · Title 26 - INTERNAL REVENUE CODE · CHAPTER 51— DISTILLED SPIRITS, WINES, AND BEER · Subchapter J— Penalties, Seizures, and Forfeitures Relating to Liquors · § 5682

§ 5682. Penalty for breaking locks or gaining access

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Every person, who destroys, breaks, injures, or tampers with any lock or seal which may be placed on any room, building, tank, vessel, or apparatus, by any authorized internal revenue officer or any approved lock or seal placed thereon by a distilled spirits plant proprietor, or who opens said lock, seal, room, building, tank, vessel, or apparatus, or in any manner gains access to the contents therein, in the absence of the proper officer, or otherwise than as authorized by law, shall be fined not more than $5,000, or imprisoned not more than 3 years, or both.
(Added Pub. L. 85–859, title II, § 201, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1410; amended Pub. L. 96–39, title VIII, § 807(a)(59), July 26, 1979, 93 Stat. 290.)
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  • Pub. L. 85–859, title II, § 201
  • 72 Stat. 1410
  • Pub. L. 96–39, title VIII, § 807(a)(59)
  • 93 Stat. 290
  • act Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736
  • 68A Stat. 698
  • Pub. L. 85–859
  • Pub. L. 96–39
  • section 810 of Pub. L. 96–39
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§ 5682
Penalty for breaking locks or gaining access
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 85–859, title II, § 201
Stat.72 Stat. 1410
Pub. L.Pub. L. 96–39, title VIII, § 807(a)(59)
Stat.93 Stat. 290
Actact Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736
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