Internal Revenue Code · 26 U.S.C.
§ 5673. Forfeiture for flagrant and willful removal of beer without taxpayment
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Cite as 26 U.S.C. § 5673
At a glance
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- Status
- In force
- Added
- September 2, 1958 by Pub. L. 85–859
- Length
- 85 words · about 1 min to read
For flagrant and willful removal of taxable beer for consumption or sale, with intent to defraud the United States of the tax thereon, all the right, title, and interest of each person who knowingly has suffered or permitted such removal, or has connived at the same, in the lands and buildings constituting the brewery shall be forfeited by a proceeding in rem in the District Court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof.
(Added Pub. L. 85–859, title II, § 201, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1408.)
Amendment history
From the source credit and the official notes, newest first.
- Added by Pub. L. 85–859
Where it sits in the Code
- Subtitle E Alcohol, Tobacco, and Certain Other Excise Taxes
- Chapter 51 DISTILLED SPIRITS, WINES, AND BEER
- Subchapter J Penalties, Seizures, and Forfeitures Relating to Liquors
- Part III PENALTY, SEIZURE, AND FORFEITURE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO BEER AND BREWING
Nearby sections
- § 5671 Penalty and forfeiture for evasion of beer tax and fraudulent noncompliance with requirements
- § 5672 Penalty for failure of brewer to comply with requirements and to keep records and file returns
- § 5673 Forfeiture for flagrant and willful removal of beer without taxpayment
- § 5674 Penalty for unlawful production or removal of beer
- § 5675 Penalty for intentional removal or defacement of brewer’s marks and brands
- § 5676 Repealed
Official notes
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Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 5673, act Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 696, consisted of provisions similar to those comprising this section, prior to the general revision of this chapter by Pub. L. 85–859.