§ 5761.
(c)
Sale of tobacco products and cigarette papers and tubes for export
Except as provided in subsections (b) and (d) of section 5704—
(1)
every person who sells, relands, or receives within the jurisdiction of the United States any tobacco products or cigarette papers or tubes which have been labeled or shipped for exportation under this chapter,
(2)
every person who sells or receives such relanded tobacco products or cigarette papers or tubes, and
(3)
every person who aids or abets in such selling, relanding, or receiving,
shall, in addition to the tax and any other penalty provided in this title, be liable for a penalty equal to the greater of $1,000 or 5 times the amount of the tax imposed by this chapter. All tobacco products and cigarette papers and tubes relanded within the jurisdiction of the United States shall be forfeited to the United States and destroyed. All vessels, vehicles, and aircraft used in such relanding or in removing such products, papers, and tubes from the place where relanded, shall be forfeited to the United States. This subsection and section 5754 shall not apply to any person who relands or receives tobacco products in the quantity allowed entry free of tax and duty under subchapter IV of chapter 98 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. No quantity of tobacco products other than the quantity referred to in the preceding sentence may be relanded or received as a personal use quantity.
([Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736], [68A Stat. 717]; [Pub. L. 85–859, title II, § 202], Sept. 2, 1958, [72 Stat. 1425]; [Pub. L. 97–34, title VII], §§ 722(a)(3), 724(b)(5), Aug. 13, 1981, [95 Stat. 342], 345; [Pub. L. 97–448, title I, § 107(b)], Jan. 12, 1983, [96 Stat. 2391]; [Pub. L. 98–369, div. A, title VII, § 714(h)(2)], July 18, 1984, [98 Stat. 962]; [Pub. L. 101–239, title VII, § 7721(c)(4)], (5), Dec. 19, 1989, [103 Stat. 2399]; [Pub. L. 105–33, title IX, § 9302(h)(1)(B)]–(D), Aug. 5, 1997, [111 Stat. 673]; [Pub. L. 106–476, title IV], §§ 4002(c), 4003(a), Nov. 9, 2000, [114 Stat. 2177]; [Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(7) [title III, § 315(a)(3)]], Dec. 21, 2000, [114 Stat. 2763], 2763A–644; [Pub. L. 109–432, div. C, title IV, § 401(f)(1)], (2)(A), Dec. 20, 2006, [120 Stat. 3049], 3050.)