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Timestamp: 2014-08-27 19:10:15
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1303', '§ 6', '§ 330016', '§ 337', '§ 214', 'art 212']

U.S. Code › Title 18 › Part I › Chapter 61 › § 1303 18 U.S. Code US Code
Whoever, being an officer or employee of the Postal Service, acts as agent for any lottery office, or under color of purchase or otherwise, vends lottery tickets, or knowingly sends by mail or delivers any letter, package, postal card, circular, or pamphlet advertising any lottery, gift enterprise, or similar scheme, offering prizes dependent in whole or in part upon lot or chance, or any ticket, certificate, or instrument representing any chance, share, or interest in or dependent upon the event of any lottery, gift enterprise, or similar scheme offering prizes dependent in whole or in part upon lot or chance, or any list of the prizes awarded by means of any such scheme, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
Section catchline was not amended to conform to change made in the text by Pub. L. 91–375.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 763; Pub. L. 91–375, § 6(j)(10),Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 778; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(B),Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2146.)
Based on title 18 U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 337 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 214,35 Stat. 1130). Minor changes were made in phraseology.
1994—Pub. L. 103–322substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $100”.
1970—Pub. L. 91–375substituted “an officer or employee of the Postal Service” for “a postmaster or other person employed in the Postal Service”.
Amendment by Pub. L. 91–375effective within 1 year after Aug. 12, 1970, on date established thereby by the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service and published by it in the Federal Register, see section 15(a) ofPub. L. 91–375, set out as an Effective Date note preceding section 101 of Title 39, Postal Service.
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