§ 326. Censorship

Statutory text

Nothing in this chapter shall be understood or construed to give the Commission the power of censorship over the radio communications or signals transmitted by any radio station, and no regulation or condition shall be promulgated or fixed by the Commission which shall interfere with the right of free speech by means of radio communication.

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.

1934
Pub. L. 73–652 · 48 Stat. 1064
Enacted · 47 U.S.C. § 326
June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 326, 48 Stat. 1091
Source evidence
Code source credit
June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 326, 48 Stat. 1091

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Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning act June 19, 1934, ch. 652, 48 Stat. 1064, known as the Communications Act of 1934, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 609 of this title and Tables.

Amendments

1948—Act June 25, 1948, repealed last sentence relating to use of indecent language. See section 1464 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1948 Amendment

Amendment by act June 25, 1948, effective as of Sept. 1, 1948, see section 20 of that act.

Credits

1934–1948 · 2 acts

1934June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 326, 48 Stat. 1091
1948June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 21, 62 Stat. 862.

Show as published

(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 326, 48 Stat. 1091; June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 21, 62 Stat. 862.)