90 STAT. 814
PUBLIC LAW 94-345—JULY 8, 1976
Public Law 94-345 94th Congress An Act July 8, 1976 [H.R. 8471]
Canal Zone. Alcoholic beverages, regulations.
To authorize the President to prescribe regulations relating to the purchase, possession, consumption, use, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the Canal Zone.
Be it enacted ty the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 731 of title 2, Canal Zone Code (76A Stat. 29), is revised to read as follows:
- §731. Regulation of manufacture, sale, et cetera
"The President shall prescribe, and from time to time may amend, regulations relating to the: " (1) manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages in the Canal Zone, and licenses and fees therefor; "(2) importation of alcoholic beverages into, and exportation thereof from, the Canal Zone; and " (3) purchase, possession, consumption, use, and transportation of alcoholic beverages by individuals under eighteen years of age.". SEC. 2. Section 732 of title 2, Canal Zone Code (76A Stat. 29) is revised to read as follows: "§732. Penalties for violation "(a) Whoever violates a regulation issued pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 731 of this title shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned in jail not more than six months, or both, and, in addition, his license may be revoked or suspended as the President may prescribe by the regulations as issued. (76A Stat. 29.) "(b) Whoever violates a regulation issued pursuant to paragraph (3) of section 731 of this title shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than thirty days, or both.". SEC. 3. The amendments made in sections 1 and 2 of this Act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after the date of enactment of this Act, Approved July 8, 1976.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 94-1140 (Comm. on Merchant Marine and Fisheries). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 122 (1976): May 18, considered and passed House. June 24, considered and passed Senate.
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