§ 206. — Bulk sales and bottling.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 27USC206]
TITLE 27--INTOXICATING LIQUORS
CHAPTER 8--FEDERAL ALCOHOL ADMINISTRATION ACT
SUBCHAPTER I--FEDERAL ALCOHOL ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 206. Bulk sales and bottling
(a) Offenses
It shall be unlawful for any person--
(1) To sell or offer to sell, contract to sell, or otherwise
dispose of distilled spirits in bulk except, under regulations of
the Secretary of the Treasury, for export or to the following, or to
import distilled spirits in bulk except, under such regulations, for
sale to or for use by the following: A distiller, rectifier of
distilled spirits, person operating a bonded warehouse qualified
under the internal-revenue laws or a class 8 bonded warehouse
qualified under the customs laws, a winemaker for the fortification
of wines, a proprietor of an industrial alcohol plant, or an agency
of the United States or any State or political subdivision thereof.
(2) To sell or offer to sell, contract to sell, or otherwise
dispose of warehouse receipts for distilled spirits in bulk unless
such warehouse receipts require that the warehouseman shall package
such distilled spirits, before delivery, in bottles labeled and
marked in accordance with law, or deliver such distilled spirits in
bulk only to persons to whom it is lawful to sell or otherwise
dispose of distilled spirits in bulk.
(3) To bottle distilled spirits unless the bottler is a person
to whom it is lawful to sell or otherwise dispose of distilled
spirits in bulk.
(b) Penalty
Any person who violates the requirements of this section shall, upon
conviction thereof, be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned for not
more than one year or both, and shall forfeit to the United States all
distilled spirits with respect to which the violation occurs and the
containers thereof.
(c) ``In bulk'' defined
The term ``in bulk'' mean in containers having a capacity in excess
of one wine gallon.
(Aug. 29, 1935, ch. 814, title I, Sec. 106, formerly Sec. 6, 49 Stat.
985; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. III, Sec. 2, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2108,
54 Stat. 1232; renumbered title I, Sec. 106, Pub. L. 100-690, title
VIII, Sec. 8001(a)(1), (2), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4517.)
References in Text
The internal-revenue laws, referred to in subsec. (a), are
classified generally to Title 26, Internal Revenue Code.
The customs laws, referred to in subsec. (a), are classified
generally to Title 19, Customs Duties.
Transfer of Functions
``Secretary of the Treasury'' was substituted in subsec. (a)(1) for
``Administrator'', meaning the Administrator of the Federal Alcohol
Administration, pursuant to Reorg. Plan No. III of 1940, see note set
out under section 201 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 204 of this title.
