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type: "LegalText"
title: "26 U.S.C. § 5243"
description: "Sale of abandoned spirits for denaturation without collection of tax"
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title_number: 26
title_name: "INTERNAL REVENUE CODE"
chapter_number: "51"
chapter_name: "DISTILLED SPIRITS, WINES, AND BEER"
section: "5243"
citation: "26 U.S.C. § 5243"
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# 26 U.S.C. § 5243 - Sale of abandoned spirits for denaturation without collection of tax
## Text
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any distilled spirits abandoned to the United States may be sold, in such cases as the Secretary may by regulation provide, to the proprietor of any distilled spirits plant for denaturation, or redistillation and denaturation, without the payment of the internal revenue tax thereon.
(Added Pub. L. 85859, title II, § 201, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1370; amended Pub. L. 94455, title XIX, § 1906(b)(13)(A), Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1834.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Prior ProvisionsA prior section 5243, acts Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 645; Sept. 2, 1958, Pub. L. 85859, § 206(c), 72 Stat. 1431, related to bottling of distilled spirits in bond, prior to the general revision of this chapter by Pub. L. 85859. See sections 5171, 5172, 5175, 5178(a)(3)(C), (4)(A), 5202(g), 5206(c), 5214(a)(4), and 5233(a) to (c), (e)(1) of this title and section 121 of Title 27, Intoxicating Liquors. Provisions similar to those comprising this section were contained in prior section 5333, act Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 662, prior to the general revision of this chapter by Pub. L. 85859.
Amendments1976—Pub. L. 94455 struck out “or his delegate” after “Secretary”.