47 U.S.C. § 559 — Obscene programming

submitted 92 years ago by Pub. L. 98-549 to r/title-47-TELECOMMUNICATIONS · 36 words · no verdicts yet

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Whoever transmits over any cable system any matter which is obscene or otherwise unprotected by the Constitution of the United States shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.

Source credit: (June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title VI, § 639, as added Pub. L. 98–549, § 2, Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2801; amended Pub. L. 104–104, title V, § 503, Feb. 8, 1996, 110 Stat. 136.)

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1934Enacted · Pub. L. 98-549 · 98 Stat. 2801
1996Amended · Pub. L. 104-104 · 110 Stat. 136

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