27 CFR § 646.154 - Penalties.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t27/s646.154"
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title: "27 CFR § 646.154 - Penalties."
title_number: 27
title_name: "Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms"
section_number: "646.154"
section_name: "Penalties."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, AND EXPLOSIVES, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS REGULATIONS RELATING TO ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO"
part_number: "646"
part_name: "CONTRABAND CIGARETTES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "18 U.S.C. 2341-2346, unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 48612, July 21, 1980, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated by T.D. ATF-487, 68 FR 3753, Jan. 24, 2003."
cfr_part: "646"
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# 646.154 Penalties.

(a) Any person who knowingly ships, transports, receives, possesses, sells, distributes, or purchases contraband cigarettes shall be fined not more than $100,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

(b) Any person who knowingly violates any regulation contained in this part or makes any false statement or misrepresentation with respect to the information required to be recorded by this part shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.