Title 26Internal Revenue CodeRelease 119-73

§5605 Penalty relating to return of materials used in the manufacture of distilled spirits, or from which distilled spirits may be recovered

Title 26 › Subtitle Subtitle E— - Alcohol, Tobacco, and Certain Other Excise Taxes › Chapter CHAPTER 51— - DISTILLED SPIRITS, WINES, AND BEER › Subchapter Subchapter J— - Penalties, Seizures, and Forfeitures Relating to Liquors › Part PART I— - PENALTY, SEIZURE, AND FORFEITURE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO DISTILLING, RECTIFYING, AND DISTILLED AND RECTIFIED PRODUCTS › § 5605

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Title 26, §5605

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Any person who willfully violates any provision of section 5291(a), or of any regulation issued pursuant thereto, and any officer, director, or agent of any such person who knowingly participates in such violation, shall be fined not more than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.

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A prior section 5605, act Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 684, related to penalty for improper approval of distiller’s bond, prior to the general revision of this chapter by Pub. L. 85–859. See section 7214 of this title. Provisions similar to those comprising this section were contained in prior section 5609, act Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 685, prior to the general revision of this chapter by Pub. L. 85–859.

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26 U.S.C. § 5605

Title 26Internal Revenue Code

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Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73