UNLAWFUL TRANSPORTATION OF MARIHUANA.

SEC. 102. UNLAWFUL TRANSPORTATION OF MARIHUANA. Subsection (b) of section 4755 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (unlawful transportation of marihuana) is amended to read as follows: “(b) Transportation—Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, it shall be unlawful for any person to send, ship, carry, transport, 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 possession 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 marihuana; “(3) to any employee acting within the scope of his employment 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 who 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 obtained 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 70 Stat. 568surgeon, 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 number of prescription, name and address of the patient, and name, address, and registry number of the person issuing such prescription; “(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 legitimate 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.”