Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Part I · Chapter 61 — Lotteries
§ 1303. Postmaster or employee as lottery agent 11 Section catchline was not amended to conform to change made in the text by Pub. L. 91–375.
Statutory text
Whoever, being an officer or employee of the Postal Service, acts as agent for any lottery office, or under color of purchase or otherwise, vends lottery tickets, or knowingly sends by mail or delivers any letter, package, postal card, circular, or pamphlet advertising any lottery, gift enterprise, or similar scheme, offering prizes dependent in whole or in part upon lot or chance, or any ticket, certificate, or instrument representing any chance, share, or interest in or dependent upon the event of any lottery, gift enterprise, or similar scheme offering prizes dependent in whole or in part upon lot or chance, or any list of the prizes awarded by means of any such scheme, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
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.
Pub. L. 80–645 · 62 Stat. 683
Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 1303
June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 763
Source evidence
Code source credit
June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 763Postal Reorganization Act
Pub. L. 91–375 § 6(j)(10) · 84 Stat. 719
Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 1303
Pub. L. 91–375 substituted “an officer or employee of the Postal Service” for “a postmaster or other person employed in the Postal Service”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 91–375 substituted “an officer or employee of the Postal Service” for “a postmaster or other person employed in the Postal Service”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(10) Section 1303 is amended by striking out “a postmaster or other person employed in” and inserting in lieu thereof “an officer or employee of”.Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 91–375 effective within 1 year after Aug. 12, 1970, on date established thereby by the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service and published by it in the Federal Register, see section 15(a) of Pub. L. 91–375, set out as an Effective Date note preceding section 101 of Title 39, Postal Service.Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
Pub. L. 103–322 title XXXIII § 330016(1)(B) · 108 Stat. 1796
Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 1303
Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $100”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $100”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(B) in sections 333, 489, 754, 1303, 1699, 1701, 1703, 1710, 1723, 1726, 1730, and 2390 by striking “not more than $100” and inserting “under this title”;
2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Notes
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18 U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 337 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 214, 35 Stat. 1130). Minor changes were made in phraseology.
Editorial Notes
Amendments1970–1994 · 2 rounds
1994
Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $100”.
1970
Pub. L. 91–375 substituted “an officer or employee of the Postal Service” for “a postmaster or other person employed in the Postal Service”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1970 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 91–375 effective within 1 year after , on date established thereby by the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service and published by it in the Federal Register, see section 15(a) of Pub. L. 91–375, set out as an Effective Date note preceding section 101 of Title 39, Postal Service.
Credits
1948–1994 · 3 acts
- 1948June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 763
- 1970Pub. L. 91–375, § 6(j)(10), , 84 Stat. 778
- 1994Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(B), , 108 Stat. 2146.
Show as published
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 763; Pub. L. 91–375, § 6(j)(10), , 84 Stat. 778; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(B), , 108 Stat. 2146.)