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