An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 and the Narcotic Drugs Import and Export Act to provide for a more effective control of narcotic drugs and marihuana, and for other purposes.
PL 84-728 (H.R.11619), enacted 07/18/1956

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Public Law 728 
CHAPTER 
629 
AN ACT 
July 18, 1956 
[H. R. 11619] 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 19r)4 and the Narcotic Drugs Import and 
Export Act to provide for a more effective control of narcotic drugs and 
marihuana, and for other related purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of RepreaentatioeH of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, Tliat this Act may AS^origie?""*'"* 
be cited as the "Narcotic ('ontrol Act of 1956."' 
TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO THE 1954 CODE, THE NAR-
COTIC DRUGS IMPORT AND EXPORT ACT, ETC. 
SEC. 101. UNLAWFUL ACQUISITION, ETC, OF MARIHUANA. 
Subsection (a) of section 4744 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 
(unlawful acquisition of marihuana) is amended to read as follows: 
" (a) PERSONS IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful for any person who 
is a transferee required to pay the transfer tax imposed by section 4741 
"(1) to acquire or otherwise obtain any marihuana without 
having paid such tax, or 
"(2) to transport or conceal, or in any manner facilitate the 
transportation or concealment of, any marihuana so acquired or 
obtained. 
Proof that any person shall have had in his possession any marihuana 
and shall have failed, after reasonable notice and demand by the Secre-
tary or his delegate, to produce the order form required by section 4742 
to be retained by him shall be presumptive evidence of guilt under this 
subsection and of liability for the tax imposed by section 4741 (a)." 
SEC. 102. UNLAWFUL TRANSPORTATION OF MARIHUANA. 
Subsection (b) of section 4755 of the Internal Revenue (^ode of 
1954 (unlawful transportation of marihuana) is amended to read as 
follows: 
"(b) Transportation—Except as otherwise provided in this sub-
section, it shall be unlawful for any person to send, ship, carry, trans-
port, or deliver any marihuana within any Territory, the District 
of Columbia, or any insular possession of the United States, or from 
any State, Territory, the District of Columbia, or any insular posses-
sion of the United States into any other State, Territory, the District 
of Columbia, or insular possession of the Ignited States. 
Nothing 
contained in this subsection shall apply— 
"(1) to any person who shall have registered and paid the 
special tax as required by sections 4751 to 4753, inclusive; 
"(2) to any common carrier engaged in transporting mari-
huana ; 
"(3) to any employee acting within the scope of his employ-
ment for any person who shall have registered and paid the 
special tax as required by sections 4751 to 4753, inclusive, or to 
any contract carrier or other agent acting within the scope of his 
agency for such registered person; 
"(4) to any person w^ho shall deliver marihuana which has 
been prescribed or dispensed by a physician, dentist, veterinary 
surgeon, or other practitioner registered under section 4753 and 
employed to prescribe for the particular patient receiving such 
marihuana ; 
"(5) to any person carrying marihuana which has been ob-
tained by the person from a registered dealer in pursuance of a 
written prescription referred to in section 4742 (b) (2), issued 
for legitimate medical uses by a physician, dentist, veterinary 
68A Stat. 562. 
26 use 4744. 
26 u s e 4741. 
26 u s e 4742. 
68A Stat. 565. 
26 use 4755. 
26 u s e 475 1-
4753. 
26 u s e 4742. 
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surgeon, or other practitioner registered under section 4753, if 
the bottle or other container in which such marihuana is carried 
bears the name and registry number of the druggist, serial num-
ber of prescription, name and address of the patient, and name, 
address, and registry number of the pei-son issuing such pre-
scription ; 
"(6) to any person carrying marihuana which has been 
obtained by the person as a patient from a registered physician, 
dentist, or other practitioner in the course of his professional 
practice if such marihuana is dispensed to the patient for legiti-
mate medical purposes; or 
"(7) to any United States, State, county, municipal. District, 
Territorial, or insular officer or official acting within the scope 
of his official duties." 
SEC. 103. VIOLATIONS OF NARCOTIC DRUG AND MARIHUANA LAWS. 
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Section 7237 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (violations of 
laws relating to narcotic drugs and marihuana) is amended to read 
as follows: 
«SEC. 7237. VIOLATION OF LAWS RELATING TO NARCOTIC DRUGS 
AND TO MARIHUANA. 
"(a) 
WHERE NO SPECIFIC PENALTY IS OTTIERW^ISE PROVIDED.— 
Whoever commits an offense, or conspires to commit an offense, 
56of ^ ^**** ^^^' described in part I or part I I of subchapter A of chapter 39 for which 
4762 " ^ *
^ "*'' ° *
• no specific penalty is otherwise provided, shall be imprisoned not 
less than 2 or more than 10 years and, in addition, may be fined not 
more than $20,000. For a second offense, the offender shall be impris-
oned not less than 5 or more than 20 years and, in addition, may be 
fined not more than $20,000. For a third or subsequent offense, the 
offender shall be imprisoned not less than 10 or more than 40 years 
and, in addition, may be fined not more than $20,000. 
"(b) 
SALE OR OTHER TRANSFER WITHOUT WRITIEN ORDER.—Who-
ever commits an offense, or conspires to commit an offense, described in 
4742 ^^^ 4 70 5, gcction 4705 (a) or section 4742 (a) shall be imprisoned not less than 
5 or more than 20 years and, in addition, may be fined not more than 
$20,000. For a second or subsequent offense, the offender shall be 
imprisoned not less than 10 or more than 40 years and, in acMition, may 
be fined not more than $20,000. If the offender attained the age of 18 
before the offense and— 
"(1) the offense consisted of the sale, barter, exchange, giving 
away, or transfer of any narcotic drug or marihuana to a person 
who had not attained the age of 18 at the time of such offense, or 
" (2) the offense consisted of a conspiracy to commit an offense 
described in paragraph (1), 
the offender shall be imprisoned not less than 10 or more than 40 years 
and, in addition, may be fined not more than $20,000. 
"(c) 
CONVICTION OF SECOND OR SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE.— 
"(1) PRIOR OFFENSES COUNTED.—For purposes of subsections 
(a), (b), and (d) of this section, subsections (c) and (h) of sec-
^5 Stat. 7
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6
7
. 
|.JQJJ 2 of the Narcotic Drugs Import and Export Act, as amended 
55 Stat.* 584.* 
(21 U. S. C, sec. 174), and the Act of July 11, 1941, as amended 
Post, p. 571. 
^g-j^ ^^ g Q ^ gg^ 184a), an offender shall be considered a second 
or subsequent offender, as the case may be, if he previously has 
been convicted of any offense the penalty for which was provided 
in subsection (a) or (b) of this section or in— 
^poet, pp. 570. 
«^^^) subsection (c), (h), or (i) of section 2 of the Nar-
cotic Drugs Import and Export Act (21 U. S. C , sec. 174); 
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«(B) the Act of July 11,1941 (21 IT. S. C , sec. 184a); 
"(C) section 9 of the Act of December 17, 1914 (38 Stat. 
21 u s e 174 note. 
739) . 
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"(D) section 1 of the Act of May 26, 1922 (42 Stat. 596); 
"(E) section 12 of the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 (50 
Stat. 556); or 
"(F) section 2557 (b) (1) or 2596 of the Internal Revenue 
('ode of 1939. 
For purposes of determining prior offenses under the preceding 
sentence, a reference to any subsection, section, or Act providing a 
penalty for an offense shall be considered as a reference to such 
subsection, section, or Act as in effect (as originally enacted or as 
amended, as the case may be) with respect to the offense for which 
the offender previously has been convicted. 
" (2) PROCEDURE.—After conviction (but before pronouncement 
of sentence) of any offense the penalty for which is provided in 
subsection (a) or (b) of this section, subsection (c) or (h) of sec-
tion 2 of the Narcotic Drugs Import and Export Act, as amended, 
or such Act of July 11,1941, as amended, the court shall be advised 
by the United States attorney whether the conviction is the of-
fender's first or a subsequent off'ense. If it is not a first offense, the 
United States attorney shall file an information setting forth the 
prior convictions. 
The oft'ender shall have the opportunity in 
open court to affirm or deny that he is identical with the person 
previously convicted. 
If he denies the identity, sentence shall be 
postponed for such time as t(^ permit a trial before a jury on the 
sole issue of the offender's identity with the person previously con-
victed. 
If the offender is found by the jury to be the person pre-
viously convicted, or if he acknowledges that he is such person, 
he shall be sentenced as prescribed in subsection (a) or (b) of this 
section, subsection (c) or (h) of such section 2, or such Act of 
July 11,1941, as amended, as the case may be. 
"(d) 
No SUSPENSION OF SENTENCE; No PROBATION; ETC.—Upon 
conviction— 
"(1) of any offense the penalty for which is provided in sub-
section (b) of this section, subsection (c), (h), or (i) of section 2 
of the Narcotic Drugs Import and Export Act, as amended, or 
such Act of July 11, 1941, as amended, or 
"(2) of any offense the penalty for which is provided in sub-
section»(a) of this section, if it is the offender's second or subse-
quent offense, 
the imposition or execution of sentence shall not be suspended, proba-
tion shall not be granted, section 4202 of title 18 of the United States 
Code shall not apply, and the Act of July 15, 1932 (47 Stat. 696; 
D. C. Code 24-201 and following), as amended, shall not apply. 
"(e) 
UNLAWFUL DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION ON RETURNS AND 
ORDER FORMS.—Any person who shall disclose the information con-
tained in the statements or returns required under section 4732 (b) or 
4754 (a), in the duplicate order forms required under section 4705 (e), 
or in the order forms or copies thereof referred to in section 4742 (d), 
except— 
"(1) as expressly provided in section 4773, 
"(2) for the purpose of enforcing any law of the United States 
relating to narcotic drugs or marihuana, or 
"(3) for the purpose of enforcing any law of any State or Terri-
tory or the District of Columbia, or any insular possession of the 
United States, or ordinance of any organized municipality there-
in, regulating the sale, prescribing, dispensing, dealing in, or dis-
tribution of narcotic drugs or marihuana, 
shall be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than 5 
years or both." 
21 use 171, 1173, 
174, 176, 177. 
53Stat. 274, 282. 
Post, p. 570. 
2 1 use 184a. 
Post, p. 57 r. 
Post, pp. 570, 
571. 
21 use 184a. 
Post, p. 571. 
62 Stat. 854. 
61 Stat. 379. 
26 u s e 47 3 2, 
4754, 4705, 4742. 
26 use 4773. 
49 Stat. 521. 
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[70 STAT. 
SEC. 104. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY FOR BUREAU OF NARCOTICS AND 
BUREAU OF CUSTOMS. 
(a) I N GENERAL.—Subchapter A of chapter 78 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1954 (discovery of liability and enforcement of title) 
26'\jlcf*76o°7!* 
js amended by renumbering section 7607 as section 7608 and by insert-
ing after section 7606 the following new section: 
"SEC. 7607. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY FOR BUREAU OF NARCOTICS 
AND BUREAU OF CUSTOMS. 
"The Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner, Assistant to the Com-
missioner, and agents, of the Bureau of Narcotics of the Department 
of the Treasury, and officers of the customs (as defined in section 401 
(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended; 19 U. S. C , sec. 1401 (1)), 
may— 
"(1) carry firearms, execute and serve search warrants and 
arrest warrants, and serve subpenas and summonses issued under 
the authority of the United States, and 
"(2) make arrests without warrant for violations of any law 
of the United States relating to narcotic drugs (as defined in 
4761." ^^ '^^ 3 I, 
section 4731) or marihuana (as defined in section 4761) where the 
violation is committed in the presence of the person making the 
arrest or where such person has reasonable grounds to believe that 
the person to be arrested has committed or is committing such 
violation." 
(b) AMENDMENT or TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections for 
subchapter A of chapter 78 is amended by striking out 
"Sec. 7607. Cross references." 
and inserting in lieu thereof 
"Sec. 7607. Additional authority for Bureau of Narcotics and Bureau 
of Customs. 
"Sec. 7608. Cross references." 
SEC. 105. IMPORTATION, ETC., OF NARCOTIC DRUGS. 
Section 2 (c) of the Narcotic Drugs Import and Export Act, as 
65 Stat. 767. 
amended (U. S. C , title 21, sec. 174), is amended to read as follows: 
"'(c) Whoever fraudulently or knowingly imports or brings any 
narcotic drug into the United States or any territory under its control 
or jurisdiction, contrary to law, or receives, conceals, buys, sells, or in 
any manner facilitates the transportation, concealment, or sale of any 
such narcotic drug after being imported or brought in, knowing the 
same to have been imported or brought into the United States con-
trary to law, or conspires to commit any of such acts in violation of 
the laws of the United States, shall be imprisoned not less than five or 
more than twenty years and, in addition, may be fined not more than 
$20,000. For a second or subsequent offense (as determined under 
Ante, p. 568. 
sectioii 7237 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954), the offender 
shall be imprisoned not less than ten or more than forty years and, in 
addition, may be fined not more than $20,000, 
"Whenever on trial for a violation of this subsection the defendant 
is shown to have or to have had possession of the narcotic drug, such 
possession shall be deemed sufficient evidence to authorize conviction 
unless the defendant explains the possession to the satisfaction of the 
jury. 
"For provision relating to sentencing, probation, etc., see section 7237 
(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.'-
SEC. 106. SMUGGLING OF MARIHUANA. 
supra;poat p.571. 
Sectioii 2 of the Narcotic Drugs Import and Export Act, as amended, 
is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: 
"(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whoever, know-
ingly, with intent to defraud the United States, imports or brings into 
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571 
the United States marihuana contrary to hiw, or smuggles or clan-
destinely introduces into the United States marihuana which should 
have been invoiced, or receives, conceals, buys, sells, or in any manner 
facilitates the transportation, concealment, or sale of such marihuana 
after being imported or brouglit in, knowing the same to have been 
imported or brought into the ITnited States contrary to law, or who-
ever conspires to do any of the foregoing acts, shall be imprisoned 
not less than five or more than twenty years and, in addition, may be 
fined not more than $20,000. For a second or subsequent otfense (as 
determined under section 72o7 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
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1954), the ofi'ender shall be imprisoned for not less than ten or more 
than forty years and, in addition, may be fined not more than $20,000. 
"AVhenever on trial for a violation of this subsection, the defendant 
is shown to have or to have had the marihuana in his possession, such 
possession shall be deemed sufficient evidence to authorize conviction 
unless the defendant explains his possession to the satisfaction of the 
''As used in this subsection, the term 'marihuana' has the meaning 
given to such term by section 4761 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
^6 use 476i. 
1954. 
'"For provision relating to sentencing, probation, etc., see section 
7237 (d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954." 
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SEC. 107. SALE OF HEROIN TO JUVENILES—PENALTIES. 
Section 2 of the Narcotic Drugs Import and Export Act, as 
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amended, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the fol-
lowing : 
"(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whoever, having 
attained the age of eighteen years, knoAvingly sells, gives away, fur-
nishes, or dispenses, facilitates the sale, giving, furnishing, or dispens-
ing, or conspires to sell, give away, furnish, or dispense, any heroin 
unlawfully imported or otherwise brought into the United States, to 
any person who has not attained the age of eighteen years, may be 
fined not more than $20,000, and shall be imprisoned for life, or for 
not less than ten years, except that the offender shall suffer death if 
the jury in its discretion shall so direct. 
"Whenever on trial for a violation of this subsection the defendant is 
shown to have had heroin in his possession, such possession shall be 
sufficient proof that the heroin was unlawfully imported or otherwise 
brought into the United States unless the defendant explains his pos-
session to the satisfaction of the jury. 
"For the purposes of this subsection, the term 'heroin' means any 
substance identified chemically as diacetylmorphine or any salt there-
of. 
For provision relating to sentencing, probation, etc., see section 
7237 (d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954." 
Ante, p . 569. 
SEC. 108. UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF NARCOTIC DRUGS AND MARI-
HUANA ON VESSELS. 
I N GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of the first section of the Act of 
1941 (21 U. S. C , sec. 184a), is amended by striking out "fined 
ss stat. 584. 
not more than $5,000 or be imprisoned for not more than five years, or 
both," and inserting in lieu thereof "imprisoned not less than five or 
more than twenty years and, in addition, may be fined not more than 
$20,000. For a second or subsequent otfense (as determined under 
section 7237 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954), the offender 
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shall be imprisoned not less than ten or more than forty years and, 
in addition, may be fined not more than $20,000. For provision relat-
ing to sentencing, probation, etc., see section 7237 (d) of the Internal 
Ante, p. 569. 
Revenue Code of 1954." 
(a) I: 
July 11, 
572 
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(b) CORRECTION OF REFERENCE.—Subsection (b) of such section is 
amended by striking out "chapter 23 of the Internal Revenue Code, as 
amended," and inserting in lieu thereof "subchapter A of chapter 39 of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1954,". 
SEC. 109. TERRITORIAL EXTENT OF LAW. 
26 use 4774. 
Sectiou 4774 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (territorial 
extent of certain laws relating to narcotic drugs and marihuana) is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "On and after 
the effective date of the Narcotic Control Act of 1956, the provisions 
referred to in the preceding sentence shall not apply to the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico unless the Legislative Assembly of the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico expressly consents thereto in the manner 
prescribed in the constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 
for the enactment of a law.". 
TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 18 OF THE UNITED 
STATES CODE 
SEC. 201. ADDITION OF NEW CHAPTER—NARCOTICS. 
Part I of title 18 of the United States Code is amended by inserting 
after chapter 67 the following new chapter: 
62 Stat. 764. 
"CHAPTER 68—^NARCOTICS 
"Sec. 
"1401. Definitions. 
"1402. Surrender of heroin—procedure. 
"1403. Use of communications facilities—penalties. 
"1404. Motion to suppress—appeal by the United States. 
"1405. Issuance of search warrants—procedure. 
"1406. Immunity of witnesses. 
"1407. Border crossings—narcotic addicts and violators. 
"§ 1401. Definitions 
"As used in this chapter— 
"The term 'heroin' shall mean any substance identified chemically as 
diacetylmorphine or any salt thereof. 
"The term 'United States' shall include the District of Columbia, the 
Territory of Alaska, the Territory of Hawaii, the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico, the insular possessions of the United States, the Trust 
Territory of the Pacific, and the Canal Zone. 
"§ 1402. Surrender of heroin—procedure 
Any heroin lawfully possessed prior to the effective date of this Act 
shall be surrendered to the Secretary of the Treasury, or his desig-
nated representative, within one hundred and twenty days after the 
effective date of the Act, and each person making such surrender shall 
be fairly and justly compensated therefor. 
The Secretary of the 
Treasury, or his designated representative, shall formulate regula-
tions for such procedure. All quantities of heroin not surrendered in 
accordance with this section and the regulations promulgated there-
under by the Secretary of the Treasury, or his designated representa-
tive, shall by him be declared contraband, seized, and forfeited to the 
United States without compensation. All quantities of heroin re-
ceived pursuant to the provisions of this section, or otherwise, shall 
be disposed of in the manner provided in section 4733 of the Internal 
26 use 4733. 
Revcuue Code of 1954, except that no heroin shall be distributed or 
used for other than scientific research purposes approved by the Secre-
tary of the Treasury, or his designated representative. 
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573 
"§ 1403. Use of communications facilities—penalties 
"(a) Whoever uses any communication facility in committing or in 
causing or facilitating the commission of, or in attempting to commit, 
any act or acts constituting an offense or a conspiracy to commit an 
offense the penalty for which is provided in— 
"(1) subsection (a) or (b) of section 7237 of the Internal 
Eevenue Code of 1954, 
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"(2) subsection (c), (h), or (i) of section 2 of the Narcotic 
Drugs Import and Export Act, as amended (21 U. S. C. sec. 
AnVeJ'ppJ'sio. 
174), or 
"^• 
"(3) the Act of July 11, 1941, as amended (21 U. S. C. sec. 
ss stat. 584. 
184a), 
shall be imprisoned not less than two and not more than five years, and, 
in addition, may be fined not more than $5,000. Each separate use of a 
communication facility shall be a separate offense under this section. 
"(b) For purposes of this section, the term 'communication facility' 
means any and all public and private instrumentalities used or useful 
in the transmission of writings, signs, signals, pictures, and sounds of 
all kinds by mail, telephone, wire, radio, or other means of communica-
tion. 
"§ 1404. Motion to suppress—appeal by the United States 
"In addition to any other right to appeal, the United States shall 
have the right to appeal from an order granting a motion for the return 
of seized property and to suppress evidence made before the trial of a 
person charged with a violation of— 
" (1) any provision of part I or part II of subchapter A of chap-
ter 39 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 the penalty for which 
is prpvided in subsection (a) or (b) of section 7237 of such Code, 
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"(2) subsection (c), (h), or (i) of section 2 of the Narcotic ^^J pp*.sVo,57u 
Drugs Import and Export Act, as amended (21 U. S. C , sec. 174), 
or 
"(3) the Act of July 11, 1941, as amended (21 U. S. C , sec. 
"stat. 584. 
184a). 
An.., p. 571. 
This section shall not apply with respect to any such motion unless 
the United States attorney shall certify, to the judge granting such 
motion, that the appeal is not taken for purposes of delay. 
Any 
appeal under this section shall be taken within 30 days after the date 
the order was entered and shall be diligently prosecuted. 
"§ 1405. Issuance of search warrants—procedure 
"In any case involving a violation of any provision of part I or part 
I I of subchapter A of chapter 39 of the Internal Revenue Code of ^^H " s c 4 7oi. 
1954 the penalty for which is provided in subsection (a) or (b) of 
section 7237 of such Code, a violation of subsection (c), (h), or (i) 
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of section 2 of the Narcotic Drugs Import and Export Act, as amended 
(21 U. S. C , sec. 174), or a violation of the Act of July 11, 1941, as 
es stat. 767; ss 
amended (21 U. S. C, sec. 184a)— 
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"(1) a search warrant may be served at any time of the day or 
night if the judge or the United States Commissioner issuing the 
warrant is satisfied that there is probable cause to believe that the 
grounds for the application exist, and 
"(2) a search warrant may be directed to any officer of the 
Metropolitan Police of the District of Columbia authorized to 
enforce or assist in enforcing a violation of any of such provisions. 
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[70 STAT. 
"§ 1406. Immunity of witnesses 
"Whenever in the judgment of a United States attorney the testi-
mony of any witness, or the production of books, papers, or other 
evidence by any witness, in any case or proceeding before any grand 
jury or court of the United States involving any violation of— 
"(1) any provision of part I or part I I of subchapter A of 
4762."^^ '^^^ ^' 
chapter 39 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 the penalty for 
An'te. p. 568. 
wliich is provided in subsection (a) or (b) of section 7237 of 
such Code, 
"(2) subsection (c), (h), or (i) of section 2 of the Narcotic 
^y4nte, pp. 5 7 0, 
Drugs Import and Export Act, as amended (21 U. S. C, sec. 
174), or 
"(3) the Act of July 11, 1941, as amended (21 IT. S. C, sec. 
J^fen-^vl-. 
. 
184a), 
IS necessary to the public interest, he, upon the approval of the At-
torney General, shall make application to the court that the witness 
shall be instructed to testify or produce evidence subject to the pro-
visions of this section, and upon order of the court such witness shall 
not be excused from testifying or from producing books, papers, or 
other evidence on the ground that the testimony or evidence required 
of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or 
forfeiture. 
But no such witness shall be prosecuted or subjected to 
any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, mat-
ter, or thing concerning which he is compelled, after having claimed 
his privilege against self-incrimination, to testify or produce evi-
dence, nor shall testimony so compelled be used as evidence in any 
criminal proceeding (except prosecution described in the next sen-
tence) against him in any court. No witness shall be exempt under 
this section from prosecution for perjury or contempt committed while 
giving testimony or producing evidence under compulsion as pro-
vided in this section. 
"§ 1407. Border crossings—narcotic addicts and violators 
"(a) In order further to give effect to the obligations of the United 
States pursuant to the Hague convention of 1912, proclaimed as a 
treaty on March 3, 1915 (38 Stat. 1912), and the limitation convention 
48 Stat. 1543. 
of 1931, proclaimed as a treaty on July 10,1933 (48 Stat. 1571), and in 
order to facilitate more effective control of the international traffic in 
narcotic drugs, and to prevent the spread of drug addiction, no citizen 
of the ITnited States who is addicted to or uses narcotic drugs, as 
26 use 4731. 
defined in section 4731 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as 
amended (except a person using such narcotic drugs as a result of 
sickness or accident or injury and to whom such narcotic drug is being 
furnished, prescribed, or administered in good faith by a duly licensed 
physician in attendance upon such person, in the course of his profes-
sional practice) or who has been convicted of a violation of any of tlie 
narcotic or mariliuana hiws of the United States, or of any State 
thereof, the penalty for which is imprisonment for more than one 
year, shall depart from or enter into or attempt to depart from or 
enter into the United States, unless such person registers, under sucli 
rules and reguhitions as mav be prescribed by the Secretary of the 
Treasury with a customs official, agent, or employee at a point of entry 
or a boi'der customs station. I^nless otherwise prohibited by law or 
Federal regulation such customs official, agent, or employee shall issue 
a certificate to any such person departing from the United States; 
and such person shall, upon returning to the United States, surrender 
such certificate to the customs official, agent, or em])loyee i)resent at the 
port of entry or border customs station. 
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575 
"(b) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section shall be 
punished for each such violation by a fine of not more than $1,000 or 
imprisonment for not less than one nor more than three years, or both." 
SEC. 202. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT. 
The analysis of part 1 of title 18 of the United States Code, immedi-
ately preceding chapter 1 of such title, is amended by adding 
"68. Narcotics" 
after 
"67. Military and Navy". 
TITLE III—AMENDMENTS TO IMMIGRATION AND 
NATIONALITY ACT, ETC. 
SEC. 301. AMENDMENTS TO IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT. 
(a) Section 212 (a) (23) of the Immigration and Nationality Act is 
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amended to read as follows: 
"(23) Any alien who has been convicted of a violation of, or a con-
spiracy to violate, any law or regulation relating to the illicit posses-
sion of or traffic in narcotic drugs, or who has been convicted of a viola-
tion of, or a conspiracy to violate, any law or regulation governing or 
controlling the taxing, manufacture, production, compounding, trans-
portation, sale, exchange, dispensing, giving away, importation, ex-
portation, or the possession for the purpose of the manufacture, pro-
duction, compounding, transportation, sale, exchange, dispensing, 
giving away, importation, or exportation of opium, coca leaves, heroin, 
marihuana, or any salt derivative or preparation of opium or coca 
leaves, or isonipecaine or any addiction-forming or addiction-sustain-
ing opiate; or any alien who the consular officer or immigration officers 
know or have reason to believe is or has been an illicit trafficker in any 
of the aforementioned drugs;". 
(b) Section 241 (a) (11) of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
t^fc'iisu 
" (11) is, or hereafter at any time after entry has been, a narcotic 
drug addict, or who at any time has been convicted of a violation 
of, or a conspiracy to violate, any law or regulation relating to the 
illicit possession of or traffic in narcotic drugs, or who has been 
convicted of a violation of, or a conspiracy to violate, any law or 
regulation governing or controlling the taxing, manufacture, pro-
duction, compounding, transportation, sale, exchange, dispensing, 
giving away, importation, exportation, or the possession for the 
purpose of the manufacture, production, compounding, trans-
portation, sale, exchange, dispensing, giving away, importation, or 
exportation of opium, coca leaves, heroin, marihuana, any salt 
derivative or preparation of opium or coca leaves or isonipecaine 
or any addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining opiate;". 
(c) Section 241 (b) of such Act is amended by adding at the end 
f^us^c^'il'sf' 
thereof the following additional new sentence: "The provisions of tJiis 
subsection shall not apply in the case of any alien who is charged with 
being deportable from the United States under subsection (a) (11) of 
this section." 
SEC. 302. AMENDMENT TO ACT OF JUNE 14, 1930. 
Section 8 of the Act entitled "An Act to create in the Treasury De-
partment the Bureau of Narcotics, and for other purposes", approved 
June 14,1930 (46 Stat. 587), as amended, is amended to read as follows: 
21 use i98. 
"SEC. 8. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall cooperate with the 
several States in the suppression of the abuse of narcotic drugs in their 
respective jurisdictions, and to that end he is authorized (1) to cooper-
ate in the drafting of such legislation as may be needed, if any, to effect 
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the end named, (2) to arrange for the exchange of information con-
cerning the use and abuse of narcotic drugs in said States and for coop-
eration in the institution and prosecution of cases in the courts of the 
United States and before the licensing boards and courts of the several 
States, (8) to conduct narcotic training programs, as an integral part 
of narcotic law enforcement for the training of such local and State 
narcotic enforcement personnel as may be arranged with the respective 
local and State agencies, and (4) to maintain in the Bureau of Nar-
cotics a 'Division of Statistics and Records' to accept, catalog, file, and 
otherwise utilize narcotic information and statistics, including com-
plete records on drug addicts and other narcotic law offenders which 
may be received from Federal, State, and local agencies, and make 
such information available for Federal, State, and local law enforce-
ment purposes. Federal agencies of the United States may make avail-
able to the Bureau of Narcotics the names, identification, and any 
other pertinent information which may be specified by the Secretary 
of the Treasury, or his designated representative, of all persons who 
are known by them to be drug addicts or convicted violators of any 
of the narcotic laws of the United States, or any State thereof. 
The 
Commissioner of Narcotics shall request and encourage all heads of 
State and local agencies to make such information available to the 
Bureau of Narcotics. 
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«(b) As used in this sectiou, the term 'Federal agencies' shall in-
clude (1) the executive departments, (2) the Departments of the 
Ar;ny, Navy, and the Air Force, (3) the independent establishments 
and agencies in the executive branch, including corporations wholly 
owned by the United States, and (4) the municipal government of the 
District of Columbia. 
Regulations. 
"The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to make such 
regulations as may be necessary to carry this section into effect." 
IV—EFFECTIVE DATE; SEPARABILITY OF PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the day follow-
ing the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 402. SEPARABILITY. 
If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof to any 
person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remaining provisions of 
this Act, or the application of such provisions to other persons or 
circumstances, shall not be affected thereby. 
Approved July 18, 1956. 
Public Law 729 
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-j-,^ xrt'ovide for the <<)nveyjUK'e of certain lands by the United States to the State 
of Wisconsin. 
La Crosse, Wis. 
Conveyance. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
of the Army is authorized and directed to convey to the State of 
Wisconsin all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and 
to the real property described in section 2 of this Act, the property to 
be used for the training and maintaining of units of the "Wisconsin 
National Guard, and the conveyance to be made without monetary 
consideration therefor, but upon condition that it shall be used for 
the aforesaid purposes and that if such real property shall ever cease