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title: "26 U.S.C. § 5416"
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# 26 U.S.C. § 5416 - Definitions of package and packaging
## Text
For purposes of this subchapter, the term “package” means a bottle, can, keg, barrel, or other original consumer container, and the term “packaging” means the filling of any package.
(Added Pub. L. 85859, title II, § 201, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1390; amended Pub. L. 91673, § 3(e), Jan. 12, 1971, 84 Stat. 2057.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Prior ProvisionsA prior section 5416, act Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 676, consisted of provisions similar to those comprising this section, prior to the general revision of this chapter by Pub. L. 85859.
Amendments1971—Pub. L. 91673 substituted definitions of package and packaging for definitions of bottle and bottling.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1971 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 91673 effective on first day of first calendar month which begins more than 90 days after Jan. 12, 1971, see section 5 of Pub. L. 91673, set out as a note under section 5056 of this title.