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Title 21 — Food and Drugs

Part D · Chapter 13 — Drug Abuse Prevention and Control

§ 864. Anhydrous ammonia

Statutory text

(a)

It is unlawful for any person—

(1)

to steal anhydrous ammonia, or

(2)

to transport stolen anhydrous ammonia across State lines,

knowing, intending, or having reasonable cause to believe that such anhydrous ammonia will be used to manufacture a controlled substance in violation of this part.

(b)

Any person who violates subsection (a) shall be imprisoned or fined, or both, in accordance with section 843(d) of this title as if such violation were a violation of a provision of section 843 of this title.

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. Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970

    Pub. L. 91–513 title II § 423 · 84 Stat. 1236

    Enacted · 21 U.S.C. § 864

    (Pub. L. 91–513, title II, § 423, as added Pub. L. 106–310, div. B, title XXXVI, § 3653(a), Oct. 17, 2000, 114 Stat. 1240.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 91–513, title II, § 423, as added Pub. L. 106–310, div. B, title XXXVI, § 3653(a), Oct. 17, 2000, 114 Stat. 1240.)

0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Credits

(Pub. L. 91–513, title II, § 423, as added Pub. L. 106–310, div. B, title XXXVI, § 3653(a), , 114 Stat. 1240.)

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