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title: "26 U.S.C. § 5753"
description: "Disposal of forfeited, condemned, and abandoned tobacco products, and cigarette papers and tubes"
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title_number: 26
title_name: "INTERNAL REVENUE CODE"
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# 26 U.S.C. § 5753 - Disposal of forfeited, condemned, and abandoned tobacco products, and cigarette papers and tubes
## Text
If it appears that any forfeited, condemned, or abandoned tobacco products, or cigarette papers and tubes, when offered for sale, will not bring a price equal to the tax due and payable thereon, and the expenses incident to the sale thereof, such articles shall not be sold for consumption in the United States but shall be disposed of in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary shall prescribe.
(Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 716; Pub. L. 85859, title II, § 202, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1425; Pub. L. 8944, title V, § 502(b)(11), June 21, 1965, 79 Stat. 152; Pub. L. 94455, title XIX, § 1906(b)(13)(A), Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1834.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Amendments1976—Pub. L. 94455 struck out “or his delegate” after “Secretary”. 1965—Pub. L. 8944 struck out references to tobacco materials wherever appearing in heading and text. 1958—Pub. L. 85859 substituted “tobacco products, cigarette papers and tubes” for “articles” wherever appearing.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1965 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 8944 applicable on and after January 1, 1966, see section 701(d) of Pub. L. 8944, set out as a note under section 5701 of this title.
Effective Date of 1958 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 85859 effective Sept. 3, 1958, see section 210(a)(1) of Pub. L. 85859, set out as an Effective Date note under section 5001 of this title.