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Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure

Part I · Chapter 61 — Lotteries

§ 1305. Fishing contests

Statutory text

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply with respect to any fishing contest not conducted for profit wherein prizes are awarded for the specie, size, weight, or quality of fish caught by contestants in any bona fide fishing or recreational event.

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. 81–722 § 1 · 64 Stat. 451

    Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 1305

    (Added Aug. 16, 1950, ch. 722, § 1, 64 Stat. 451.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Added Aug. 16, 1950, ch. 722, § 1, 64 Stat. 451.)

0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Credits

(Added Aug. 16, 1950, ch. 722, § 1, 64 Stat. 451.)

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