18 U.S.C. § 2342 — Unlawful acts
submitted 48 years ago by Pub. L. 95-575 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 75 words · no verdicts yet
A person may not knowingly deal in contraband cigarettes or contraband smokeless tobacco. A person also may not knowingly falsify information that this chapter requires certain large cigarette sellers or distributors to keep.
(a) A person may not knowingly ship, transport, receive, possess, sell, distribute, or buy contraband cigarettes* or contraband smokeless tobacco*.
(b) A person may not knowingly make a false statement or representation about information that this chapter requires the records of a person who ships, sells, or distributes more than 10,000 cigarettes in one transaction to contain.
It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to ship, transport, receive, possess, sell, distribute, or purchase contraband cigarettes* or contraband smokeless tobacco*.
It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to make any false statement or representation with respect to the information required by this chapter to be kept in the records of any person who ships, sells, or distributes any quantity of cigarettes in excess of 10,000 in a single transaction.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 95–575, § 1, Nov. 2, 1978, 92 Stat. 2464; amended Pub. L. 109–177, title I, § 121(a)(2), (b)(2), Mar. 9, 2006, 120 Stat. 221, 222.)
- 1978Enacted · Pub. L. 95-575 · 92 Stat. 2464
- 2006Amended · Pub. L. 109-177 · 120 Stat. 221, 222
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 95-575 on 1978-11-02.
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