2018 US Code
Title 18 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Part I - Crimes
Chapter 61 - Lotteries
Sec. 1303 - Postmaster or employee as lottery agent 1
18 U.S.C. § 1303 (2018) |
§1303. Postmaster or employee as lottery agent 1 |
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. |
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 763; Pub. L. 91–375, §6(j)(10), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 778; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(B), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2146.) |
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. AMENDMENTS1994—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". EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1970 AMENDMENTAmendment 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. |
1 Section catchline was not amended to conform to change made in the text by Pub. L. 91–375. |
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Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 61 - LOTTERIES Sec. 1303 - Postmaster or employee as lottery agent 1 |
section 1303 |
2018 |
January 14, 2019 |
Yes |
standard |
35 Stat. 1130 62 Stat. 763 84 Stat. 778 108 Stat. 2146 |
Public Law 91-375, Public Law 103-322 |