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18 U.S.C. § 1466Engaging in the business of selling or transferring obscene matter

submitted 38 years ago by Pub. L. 100-690 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 225 words · no verdicts yet

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This section addresses Engaging in the business of selling or transferring obscene matter. It states the duties, permissions, limits, definitions, and procedures set out in the section.

(a) Whoever is engaged in the business of producing with intent to distribute or sell, or selling or transferring obscene matter, who knowingly receives or possesses with intent to distribute any obscene book, magazine, picture, paper, film, videotape, or phonograph or other audio recording, which has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce, must be punished by imprisonment for not more than 5 years or by a fine under this title, or both. (b) As used in this section, the term “engaged in the business” means that the person who produces 1 sells or transfers or offers to sell or transfer obscene matter devotes time, attention, or labor to such activities, as a regular course of trade or business, with the objective of earning a profit, although it is not necessary that the person make a profit or that the production, selling or transferring or offering to sell or transfer such material be the person’s sole or principal business or source of income. The offering for sale of or to transfer, at one time, two or more copies of any obscene publication, or two or more of any obscene article, or a combined total of five or more such publications and articles, must create a rebuttable presumption that the person so offering them is “engaged in the business” as defined in this subsection.
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(a)

Whoever is engaged in the business of producing with intent to distribute or sell, or selling or transferring obscene matter, who knowingly receives or possesses with intent to distribute any obscene book, magazine, picture, paper, film, videotape, or phonograph or other audio recording, which has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than 5 years or by a fine under this title, or both.

(b)

As used in this section, the term “engaged in the business” means that the person who produces 1 sells or transfers or offers to sell or transfer obscene matter devotes time, attention, or labor to such activities, as a regular course of trade or business, with the objective of earning a profit, although it is not necessary that the person make a profit or that the production, selling or transferring or offering to sell or transfer such material be the person’s sole or principal business or source of income. The offering for sale of or to transfer, at one time, two or more copies of any obscene publication, or two or more of any obscene article, or a combined total of five or more such publications and articles, shall create a rebuttable presumption that the person so offering them is “engaged in the business” as defined in this subsection.

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 100–690, title VII, § 7521(a), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4489; amended Pub. L. 101–647, title XXXV, § 3548, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4926; Pub. L. 109–248, title V, § 506(b), July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 630.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1988Enacted · Pub. L. 100-690 · 102 Stat. 4489
  • 1990Amended · Pub. L. 101-647 · 104 Stat. 4926
  • 2006Amended · Pub. L. 109-248 · 120 Stat. 630

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 100-690 on 1988-11-18.

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