27 CFR § 29.57 - Failure to register; penalty.

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title: "27 CFR § 29.57 - Failure to register; penalty."
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title_name: "Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms"
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# 29.57 Failure to register; penalty.

Any person having possession, custody, or control of any still or distilling apparatus set up who fails to register the still or distilling apparatus is subject to a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment of not more than 5 years, or both, and the still or distilling apparatus is forfeitable to the Government.

(Sec. 201, Pub. L. 85-859, 72 Stat. 1398, as amended, 1405, as amended (26 U.S.C. 5601, 5615))