Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 18 : Section 1156


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 1156. Intoxicants possessed unlawfully

      Whoever, except for scientific, sacramental, medicinal or
    mechanical purposes, possesses intoxicating liquors in the Indian
    country or where the introduction is prohibited by treaty or an Act
    of Congress, shall, for the first offense, be fined under this
    title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and, for each
    subsequent offense, be fined under this title or imprisoned not
    more than five years, or both.
      The term "Indian country" as used in this section does not
    include fee-patented lands in non-Indian communities or
    rights-of-way through Indian reservations, and this section does
    not apply to such lands or rights-of-way in the absence of a treaty
    or statute extending the Indian liquor laws thereto.



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