Volume 47
Public Law 72–428
To provide for the transportation of liquors under seal through the Canal Zone.
Approved July 5, 1932
Statutory text
AN ACT
To provide for the transportation of liquors under seal through the Canal Zone.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 20 of the National Prohibition Act is hereby amended by adding after the proviso therein the following additional proviso: “ And provided
Importation of intoxicating liquors into Canal Zone prohibited.
Exception if liquors in transit through.
further, That this section shall not apply to the transportation of liquor, under seal, in transit to and from points outside of the Canal Zone over the highways or waterways of the Canal Zone under regulations to be prescribed by the President, when such liquor is not destined for use or for consumption or final delivery in the Canal Zone.”
Approved, July 5, 1932.