# 26 U.S.C. § 5752: Restrictions relating to marks, labels, notices, and packages

Source: OLRC release point 119-134 <https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-134/t26/s5752>. Cite pinpoints as 26 U.S.C. § 5752(a)(1).

No person shall, with intent to defraud the United States, destroy, obliterate, or detach any mark, label, or notice prescribed or authorized, by this chapter or regulations thereunder, to appear on, or be affixed to, any package of tobacco products or cigarette papers or tubes, before such package is emptied.

## Connections

Cites: none

Cited by: § 5762 Criminal penalties

Derived from: 1939 § 2103(e); 1939 § 2112(e)

## Amendments

- 1954-08-16: [Act Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736](/26/act/1954-ch736.md), 68A Stat. 716
- 1958-09-02: [Pub. L. 85-859](/26/act/85-859.md), 72 Stat. 1424
- 1976-10-04: [Pub. L. 94-455](/26/act/94-455.md), 90 Stat. 1823