26 U.S.C. § 5861 | Prohibited acts

It shall be unlawful for any person—

(a)

to engage in business as a manufacturer or importer of, or dealer in, firearms without having paid the special (occupational) tax required by section 5801 for his business or having registered as required by section 5802; or

(b)

to receive or possess a firearm transferred to him in violation of the provisions of this chapter; or

(c)

to receive or possess a firearm made in violation of the provisions of this chapter; or

(d)

to receive or possess a firearm which is not registered to him in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record; or

(e)

to transfer a firearm in violation of the provisions of this chapter; or

(f)

to make a firearm in violation of the provisions of this chapter; or

(g)

to obliterate, remove, change, or alter the serial number or other identification of a firearm required by this chapter; or

(h)

to receive or possess a firearm having the serial number or other identification required by this chapter obliterated, removed, changed, or altered; or

(i)

to receive or possess a firearm which is not identified by a serial number as required by this chapter; or

(j)

to transport, deliver, or receive any firearm in interstate commerce which has not been registered as required by this chapter; or

(k)

to receive or possess a firearm which has been imported or brought into the United States in violation of section 5844; or

(l)

to make, or cause the making of, a false entry on any application, return, or record required by this chapter, knowing such entry to be false.

Pub. L. 90–618, title II, § 201Oct. 22, 196882 Stat. 1234(Added , , .)

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

act Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736 68A Stat. 729 Pub. L. 90–618A prior section 5861, , , relating to penalties, was omitted in the general revision of this chapter by .

Aug. 16, 1954Pub. L. 90–618

Present subsecs.:	Prior sections
(a)	5854.
(b)	5851.
(d)	5854.
(g)	5852.
(j)	5855.
(k)	5853.

Provisions similar to those comprising subsecs. (a), (b), (d), (g), (j), and (k) of this section were contained in prior sections of act , prior to the general revision of this chapter by , as follows:

act Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736 68A Stat. 728The prior sections 5851 to 5853, , are set out in .

Pub. L. 85–859, title II, § 203(i)(1)Sept. 2, 195872 Stat. 1428The prior sections 5854 and 5855, , , are set out in .

act Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736 68A Stat. 729 Pub. L. 90–618 section 5862 of this title section 5872 of this titleA prior section 5862, , , relating to the forfeiture and disposal of any firearm involved in any violation of the provisions of this chapter or any regulation promulgated thereunder, was omitted in the general revision of this chapter by . The provisions of prior are covered by .

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

section 207 of Pub. L. 90–618 section 5801 of this titleSection effective on first day of first month following October 1968, see , set out as a note under .