§ 1462. Importation or transportation of obscene matters

Footnotes

1. 1 See References in Text note below.

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. 1948

   Pub. L. 80–645 · 62 Stat. 683

   Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 1462

   June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 768

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 768

2. 1958

   Pub. L. 85–796 § 2 · 72 Stat. 962

   1. Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 1462

      Pub. L. 85–796 substituted “uses” for “deposits with” in penultimate par

   2. Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 1462

      Pub. L. 85–796 substituted “carriage of which” for “depositing of which for carriage” in penultimate par

   3. Inserted · 18 U.S.C. § 1462

      Pub. L. 85–796 inserted penalty provisions for subsequent offenses in last par

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 85–796 substituted “uses” for “deposits with” in opening par., “carriage of which” for “depositing of which for carriage” in penultimate par., and inserted penalty provisions for subsequent offenses in last par.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 2. (a) The first paragraph of section 1462 of title 18 of the 64 Stat. 194. United States Code is amended to read as follows: “Whoever brings into the United States, or any place subject to the jurisdiction thereof, or knowingly uses any express company or other common carrier, for carriage in interstate or foreign commerce—”. (b) That paragraph of such section 1462 which begins with the words “Whoever knowingly takes” is amended to read as follows: “Whoever knowingly takes from such express company or other common carrier any matter or thing the carriage of which is herein made unlawful—”. (c) The last paragraph of such section 1462 is amended to read as follows: Penalty. “Shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both, for the first such offense and shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both, for each such offense thereafter.”

3. 1971

   Pub. L. 91–662 § 4 · 84 Stat. 1973

   Struck · 18 U.S.C. § 1462

   Pub. L. 91–662 struck out “preventing conception, or” before “producing abortion”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 91–662 struck out “preventing conception, or” before “producing abortion”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 4. Section 1462 of title 18 of the United States Code is amended 64 Stat. 194. by striking out “preventing conception, or”.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 91–662 effective Jan. 9, 1971, see section 7 of Pub. L. 91–662, set out as a note under section 552 of this title.

4. 1994

   Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994

   Pub. L. 103–322 title XXXIII § 330016(1)(K) · 108 Stat. 1796

   Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 1462

   Pub. L. 103–322, in last par., substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $5,000” after “Shall be” and for “fined not more than $10,000” after “and shall be”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 103–322, in last par., substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $5,000” after “Shall be” and for “fined not more than $10,000” after “and shall be”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (K) in sections 35, 81, 112, 152, 153, 155, 212, 213, 214, 285, 334, 351, 435, 436, 438, 471, 472, 473, 476, 477, 478, 481, 485, 487, 488, 497, 498, 505, 506, 508, 509, 541, 542, 543, 544, 546, 547, 548, 549, 550, 551, 552, 592, 593, 602, 603, 606, 607, 642, 655, 658, 659, 660, 661, 663, 751, 799, 844, 872, 874, 875, 876, 877, 878, 914, 915, 924, 953, 954, 956, 1004, 1010, 1011, 1015, 1017, 1025, 1028, 1071, 1073, 1074, 1163, 1169, 1231, 1265, 1363, 1421, 1422, 1423, 1424, 1425, 1426, 1427, 1428, 1429, 1461, 1462, 1463, 1465, 1503, 1505, 1506, 1507, 1510, 1581, 1582, 1583, 1584, 1585, 1588, 1658, 1659, 1717, 1732, 1735, 1737, 1751, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1915, 1991, 2072, 2073, 2113, 2217, 2152, 2197, 2231, 2244, 2314, 2316, 2317, 2344, and 2701 by striking “not more than $5,000” each place it appears and inserting “under this title”;

5. 1996

   Pub. L. 104–104 § 507(a)(1) · 110 Stat. 137

   Inserted · 18 U.S.C. § 1462

   Pub. L. 104–104, § 507(a)(1), inserted “or interactive computer service (as defined in section 230(e)(2) of the Communications Act of 1934)” after “carrier” in first par

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 104–104, § 507(a)(1), inserted “or interactive computer service (as defined in section 230(e)(2) of the Communications Act of 1934)” after “carrier” in first par.

6. 1996

   Pub. L. 104–104 § 507(a)(2) · 110 Stat. 137

   Inserted · 18 U.S.C. § 1462

   Pub. L. 104–104, § 507(a)(2), in second par., inserted “or receives,” after “takes”, “or interactive computer service (as defined in section 230(e)(2) of the Communications Act of 1934)” after “common carrier”, and “or importation” after “carriage”

   Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 104–104, § 507(a)(2), in second par., inserted “or receives,” after “takes”, “or interactive computer service (as defined in section 230(e)(2) of the Communications Act of 1934)” after “common carrier”, and “or importation” after “carriage”.

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