18 U.S.C. § 796 — Use of aircraft for photographing defense installations

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This section prohibits using an aircraft to photograph or make representations of certain defense installations without authorization. It provides criminal penalties and an exception for authorized persons.

Whoever uses or permits the use of an aircraft or any contrivance used, or designed for navigation or flight in the air, for the purpose of making a photograph, sketch, picture, drawing, map, or graphical representation of vital military or naval installations or equipment, in violation of section 795 of this title , must be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

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Whoever uses or permits the use of an aircraft or any contrivance used, or designed for navigation or flight in the air, for the purpose of making a photograph, sketch, picture, drawing, map, or graphical representation of vital military or naval installations or equipment, in violation of section 795 of this title, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 738; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

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1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 645 · 62 Stat. 738
1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2147

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