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18 U.S.C. § 1717 — Letters and writings as nonmailable

submitted 78 years ago by ch. 645 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 124 words · no verdicts yet

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Letters and writings that contain information about lottery or similar schemes may not be mailed, subject to the section’s exceptions. The section also provides penalties and enforcement rules.

(a) Every letter, writing, circular, postal card, picture, print, engraving, photograph, newspaper, pamphlet, book, or other publication, matter or thing, in violation of sections 499, 506, 793, 794, 915, 954, 956, 957, 960, 964, 1017, 1542, 1543, 1544 or 2388 of this title or which contains any matter advocating or urging treason, insurrection, or forcible resistance to any law of the United States is nonmailable and must not be conveyed in the mails or delivered from any post office or by any letter carrier. (b) Whoever uses or attempts to use the mails or Postal Service for the transmission of any matter declared by this section to be nonmailable, must be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years or both.
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(a)

Every letter, writing, circular, postal card, picture, print, engraving, photograph, newspaper, pamphlet, book, or other publication, matter or thing, in violation of sections 499, 506, 793, 794, 915, 954, 956, 957, 960, 964, 1017, 1542, 1543, 1544 or 2388 of this title or which contains any matter advocating or urging treason, insurrection, or forcible resistance to any law of the United States is nonmailable and shall not be conveyed in the mails or delivered from any post office or by any letter carrier.

(b)

Whoever uses or attempts to use the mails or Postal Service for the transmission of any matter declared by this section to be nonmailable, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years or both.

Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 782; Pub. L. 86–682, § 12(b), Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 708; Pub. L. 91–375, § 6(j)(27), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 780; Pub. L. 101–647, title XXXV, § 3552(a), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4926; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 645 · 62 Stat. 782
  • 1960Amended · Pub. L. 86-682 · 74 Stat. 708
  • 1970Amended · Pub. L. 91-375 · 84 Stat. 780
  • 1990Amended · Pub. L. 101-647 · 104 Stat. 4926
  • 1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2147

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 645 on 1948-06-25.

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