2014 US Code
Title 15 - Commerce and Trade (Sections 1 - 8405)
Chapter 24 - Transportation of Gambling Devices (Sections 1171 - 1178)
Sec. 1178 - Nonapplicability of chapter to certain machines and devices
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE CHAPTER 24 - TRANSPORTATION OF GAMBLING DEVICES Sec. 1178 - Nonapplicability of chapter to certain machines and devices |
Contains | section 1178 |
Date | 2014 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Jan. 2, 1951, ch. 1194, §9, as added Pub. L. 87-840, §6, Oct. 18, 1962, 76 Stat. 1077. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 76 Stat. 1077 |
Public and Private Law | Public Law 87-840 |
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None of the provisions of this chapter shall be construed to apply—
(1) to any machine or mechanical device designed and manufactured primarily for use at a racetrack in connection with parimutuel betting,
(2) to any machine or mechanical device, such as a coin-operated bowling alley, shuffleboard, marble machine (a so-called pinball machine), or mechanical gun, which is not designed and manufactured primarily for use in connection with gambling, and (A) which when operated does not deliver, as a result of the application of an element of chance, any money or property, or (B) by the operation of which a person may not become entitled to receive, as the result of the application of an element of chance, any money or property, or
(3) to any so-called claw, crane, or digger machine and similar devices which are not operated by coin, are actuated by a crank, and are designed and manufactured primarily for use at carnivals or county or State fairs.
(Jan. 2, 1951, ch. 1194, §9, as added Pub. L. 87–840, §6, Oct. 18, 1962, 76 Stat. 1077.)
EFFECTIVE DATESection effective on sixtieth day after Oct. 18, 1962, see section 7 of Pub. L. 87–840, set out as an Effective Date of 1962 Amendment note under section 1171 of this title.
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