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Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Chapter 36 — Cigarette Labeling and Advertising

§ 1340. Cigarettes for export

Statutory text

Packages of cigarettes manufactured, imported, or packaged (1) for export from the United States or (2) for delivery to a vessel or aircraft, as supplies, for consumption beyond the jurisdiction of the internal revenue laws of the United States shall be exempt from the requirements of this chapter, but such exemptions shall not apply to cigarettes manufactured, imported, or packaged for sale or distribution to members or units of the Armed Forces of the United States located outside of the United States.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act

    Pub. L. 89–92 § 12 · 79 Stat. 282

    Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 1340

    Pub. L. 89–92, § 12, formerly § 11, as added Pub. L. 91–222, § 2, Apr. 1, 1970, 84 Stat. 89

    Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 89–92, § 12, formerly § 11, as added Pub. L. 91–222, § 2, Apr. 1, 1970, 84 Stat. 89

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 11. effective date This Act shall take effect on January 1, 1966.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Codification

Another section 12 of Pub. L. 89–92, , 79 Stat. 284, is set out as an Effective Date note under section 1331 of this title.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 12 of Pub. L. 89–92 was renumbered section 13 and is set out as a Separability note under section 1331 of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective , see section 3 of Pub. L. 91–222, set out in part as a note under section 1331 of this title.

Credits

1970–1984 · 2 acts
  1. 1970Pub. L. 89–92, § 12, formerly § 11, as added Pub. L. 91–222, § 2, , 84 Stat. 89
  2. 1984renumbered § 12, Pub. L. 98–474, § 5(a), , 98 Stat. 2203.
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(Pub. L. 89–92, § 12, formerly § 11, as added Pub. L. 91–222, § 2, , 84 Stat. 89; renumbered § 12, Pub. L. 98–474, § 5(a), , 98 Stat. 2203.)

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