§ 5843 Records and returns

OLRC 119-134 · eCFR 2026-10-19 · 1 amending Acts

Enacted 1968 · Pub. L. 90-618 Amended · 1 Acts

19681976
Prior provisions 2
  • A prior section 5843, act Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 725, as amended by act Sept. 2, 1958, Pub. L. 85–859, title II, § 203(e), 72 Stat. 1427, related to identification of firearms prior to the general revision of this chapter by Pub. L. 90–618.
  • Provisions similar to those comprising this section were contained in prior section 5842, act Aug. 16, 1954, 68A Stat. 725, prior to the general revision of this chapter by Pub. L. 90–618.
Amended 1976
  • 1976 Pub. L. 94-455 Pub. L. 94–455 struck out “or his delegate” after “Secretary”.

Importers, manufacturers, and dealers shall keep such records of, and render such returns in relation to, the importation, manufacture, making, receipt, and sale, or other disposition, of firearms as the Secretary may by regulations prescribe.