27 CFR § 24.40 - Gauging and measuring.

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title: "27 CFR § 24.40 - Gauging and measuring."
title_number: 27
title_name: "Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms"
section_number: "24.40"
section_name: "Gauging and measuring."
chapter_name: "ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
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part_number: "24"
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# 24.40 Gauging and measuring.

Appropriate TTB officers may require the proprietor to furnish the necessary facilities and assistance to gauge or measure wine or spirits in any container or to examine any apparatus, equipment, container, or material on wine premises.

(Sec. 201, Pub. L. 85-859, 72 Stat. 1379, as amended, 1381, as amended, 1395, as amended, 1396, as amended (26 U.S.C. 5357, 5366, 5368, 5555))

[T.D. ATF-299, 55 FR 24989, June 19, 1990, as amended by T.D. ATF-409, 64 FR 13684, Mar. 22, 1999]