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[70 Stat. 910]
PUBLIC LAW 000—MMMM. DD, 1956
[70 Stat. 910]

910 Effective date.

Opium. 68A Stat. 554. 26 USC 4715:

PUBLIC LAW 896-AUG. 1, 1966

[70 STAT

(d) The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the first day of the third month which begins more than ten days after the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 13. Subchapter B of part I, subchapter A, chapter 39 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 is amended by inserting immediately after section 4715, the following new section to be numbered section 4716: "SEC. 4716. APPLICATION TO GUAM.

Marihuana. 68A Stat. 568. 26 USC 4774. 26 USC 7651. 26 USC 4 7 4 14776.

26 USC 4761.

Penalties.

V o c a 11 onal rehabilitation. 68 Stat. 661. 29 USC 42.

E m p1o yment service.

Public health. Grants and services.

"The provisions of this subpart shall be applicable to Guam, and in Guam the administration of this subpart shall be performed by the appropriate internal revenue officers of the Government of Guam, and all revenues collected thereunder in Guam shall accrue intact to the government thereof." SEC. 14. Section 4774 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 is amended by striking the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 'Provided, That (notwithstanding section 7651), sections 4741 to 4762, inclusive, as amended, and, insofar as they relate to marihuana, sections 4771 to 4776, inclusive, shall not apply to Guam."' SEC. 15. (a) I t shall be unlawful for any person to produce, manufacture, compound, possess, sell, give away, deal in, dispense, administer, or transport marihuana in Guam, or to import marihuana into or export it from Guam. (b) As used in subsection (a) of this section, the term "marihuana" shall have the meaning now or hereafter ascribed to it in section 4761 (2) of the Internal Revenue Code, and the term "produce" shall mean (a) plant, cultivate, or in any way facilitate the natural growth of marihuana, or (b) harvest and transfer or make use of marihuana. (c) Any person who shall violate subsection (a) of this section shall be punished for the first offense by a fine of not more than $2,000, or by imprisonment in jail for not less than two or more than five years, or by both, and shall be punished for each subsequent offense by a fine of not more than $2,000, or by imprisonment in jail for not less than five years or more than ten years, or by both; and any marihuana involved in any violation of subsection (a) of this section may be seized, and the court may order its confiscation and destruction. SEC. 16. (a) Subsection (g) of section 11 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act (68 Stat. 652, 662), is amended by striking the words "and for the purposes of section 4, includes also Guam" and inserting the words "and Guam". (b) Subsection (h) of section 11 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act (68 Stat. 652, 662), is amended by inserting immediately after the words "Puerto Rico" the word "Guam,". (c) Subsection (i) of section 11 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act (68 Stat. 652, 662), is amended by inserting immediately after the words "Puerto Rico" the word ", Guam,". SEC. 17. (a) Subsection (b) of section 3 of the Act of June 6, 1933 (48 Stat. 113,114), as amended (29 U.S.C. sec. 49b (b)), is further amended by inserting immediately after the words "Puerto Rico," the word ' Guam,". (b) Subjection (b) of section 5 of the Act of June 6, 1933 (48 Stat. 113, 115), as amended (29 U.S.C. sec. 49d (b)), is further amended by inserting immediately after the words "Puerto Rico," the word "Guam,". SEC. 18. Effective July 1, 1956, section 314 of the Public Health Service Act (58 Stat. 682, 693), as amended (42 U.S.C. sec. 246), is further amended by adding the following new subsection: "(1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the provisions of this section shall be applicable to Guam in the same manner in