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Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Chapter 32 — Telecasting of Professional Sports Contests

§ 1292. Area telecasting restriction limitation

Statutory text

Section 1291 of this title shall not apply to any joint agreement described in the first sentence in such section which prohibits any person to whom such rights are sold or transferred from televising any games within any area, except within the home territory of a member club of the league on a day when such club is playing a game at home.

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. Pub. L. 87–331 § 2 · 75 Stat. 732

    Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 1292

    Pub. L. 87–331, § 2, Sept. 30, 1961, 75 Stat. 732

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 87–331, § 2, Sept. 30, 1961, 75 Stat. 732

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 2. Section 1 of this Act shall not apply to any joint agreement described in section 1 of this Act which prohibits any person to whom such rights are sold or transferred from televising any games within any area, except within the home territory of a member club of the league on a day when such club is playing a game at home.

  2. Pub. L. 89–800 § 6(b)(2) · 80 Stat. 1508

    Substituted · 15 U.S.C. § 1292

    Pub. L. 89–800 substituted “described in the first sentence of such section” for “described in such section”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 89–800 substituted “described in the first sentence of such section” for “described in such section”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (2) Section 2 of such Act is amended by striking out “described in section 1” and inserting in lieu thereof “described in the first sentence in section 1”.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1966—Pub. L. 89–800 substituted “described in the first sentence of such section” for “described in such section”.

Credits

1961–1966 · 2 acts
  1. 1961Pub. L. 87–331, § 2, , 75 Stat. 732
  2. 1966Pub. L. 89–800, § 6(b)(2), , 80 Stat. 1515.
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(Pub. L. 87–331, § 2, , 75 Stat. 732; Pub. L. 89–800, § 6(b)(2), , 80 Stat. 1515.)

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USLM identifier /us/usc/t15/s1292