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25 U.S.C. § 253 — Wines for sacramental purposes
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It's legal to bring wine into Indian country or any Indian reservation, including New Mexico's Pueblo Reservations, as long as it's used only for religious sacraments under a church's authority.
Bringing in and using wine is not against the law, as long as it's used solely for sacramental (religious) purposes under a church's authority, anywhere within Indian country or on any Indian reservation — including the Pueblo Reservations in New Mexico.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain
It shall not be unlawful to introduce and use wines solely for sacramental purposes, under church authority, at any place within the Indian country or any Indian reservation, including the Pueblo Reservations in New Mexico.
Source credit: (Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 388, § 1, 37 Stat. 519.)
history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
- 1912Enacted · Act of Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 388 · 37 Stat. 519
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 388 on 1912-08-24.
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