§ 1172. Transportation of gambling devices as unlawful; exceptions; authority of Federal Trade Commission

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1951

   Pub. L. 81–1194 § 2 · 64 Stat. 1134

   Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 1172

   Jan. 2, 1951, ch. 1194, § 2, 64 Stat. 1134

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Jan. 2, 1951, ch. 1194, § 2, 64 Stat. 1134

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful knowingly to transport any gambling Transportation. device to any place in a State, the District of Columbia, or a possession of the United States from any place outside of such State, the District of Columbia, or possession: Provided, That this section shall not apply to transportation of any gambling device to a place in any State which has enacted a law providing for the exemption of such State from the provisions of this section, or to a place in any subdivision of a State if the State in which such subdivision is located has enacted a law providing for the exemption of such subdivision from the provisions of this section. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to interfere with or reduce Federal Trade Commission, authority. the authority, or the existing interpretations of the authority, of the Federal Trade Commission under the Federal Trade Commission Act, as amended (15 U. S. C. 41–58). 38 Stat. 717. 15 U. S. C., Sup. III, § 42 et. seq. Ante, p. 21. Registration of manufacturers, etc.

2. 1962

   Gambling Devices Act of 1962

   Pub. L. 87–840 § 4 · 76 Stat. 1075

   Changed · 15 U.S.C. § 1172

   Pub. L. 87–840 excepted gambling devices used or designed for use at and transported to licensed gambling establishments where betting is legal under State laws, and provided that it shall not be unlawful to transport such devices into any State in which the device is specifically enumerated as lawful in a State statute

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 87–840 excepted gambling devices used or designed for use at and transported to licensed gambling establishments where betting is legal under State laws, and provided that it shall not be unlawful to transport such devices into any State in which the device is specifically enumerated as lawful in a State statute.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 4. The first paragraph of section 2 of the Act of January 2, 1951, 15 USC 1172. is amended by inserting immediately before the period at the end thereof a comma and the following: “nor shall this section apply to any gambling device used or designed for use at and transported to licensed gambling establishments where betting is legal under applicable State laws: Provided farther, That it shall not be unlawful to transport in interstate or foreign commerce any gambling device into any State in which the transported gambling device is specifically enumerated as lawful in a statute of that State”.

   Effective date note
   Amendment effective on sixtieth day after Oct. 18, 1962, see section 7 of Pub. L. 87–840, set out as a note under section 1171 of this title.

3. 1992

   Pub. L. 102–251 § 202(a)(1) · 106 Stat. 60

   1. Amended · 15 U.S.C. § 1172

      Pub. L. 102–251, § 202(a)(1), (3), (4), designated existing provisions as subsecs. (a) and (b)

   2. Inserted · 15 U.S.C. § 1172

      Pub. L. 102–251, § 202(a)(1), (3), (4), inserted headings

   3. Added · 15 U.S.C. § 1172

      Pub. L. 102–251, § 202(a)(1), (3), (4), added subsec. (c)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 102–251, § 202(a)(1), (3), (4), designated existing provisions as subsecs. (a) and (b), inserted headings, and added subsec. (c).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) by inserting before the first paragraph the following: “(a) General Rule.—”;

4. 1992

   Pub. L. 102–251 § 202(a)(2) · 106 Stat. 60

   Struck · 15 U.S.C. § 1172

   Pub. L. 102–251, § 202(a)(2), which directed that “, District of Columbia,” be struck out in subsec. (a), was executed by striking out “, the District of Columbia,” after “place in a State” and “outside of such State” to reflect the probable intent of Congress

   Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 102–251, § 202(a)(2), which directed that “, District of Columbia,” be struck out in subsec. (a), was executed by striking out “, the District of Columbia,” after “place in a State” and “outside of such State” to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (2) in subsection (a) (as so designated) by striking “, District of Columbia,”;

6 of 6 references resolved to an enrolled provision