Notes on 15 U.S.C. § 1171 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 15 U.S.C. § 1171 : US Code - Notes

(Jan. 2, 1951, ch. 1194, Sec. 1, 64 Stat. 1134; Pub. L. 87-840,
Secs. 2, 3, Oct. 18, 1962, 76 Stat. 1075; Pub. L. 102-251, title
II, Sec. 202(c), Mar. 9, 1992, 106 Stat. 62.)
AMENDMENTS
1992 - Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 102-251 added subsec. (f).
1962 - Subsec. (a)(2), (3). Pub. L. 87-840, Sec. 2, substituted
provisions including machines and mechanical devices designed and
manufactured primarily for gambling by the operation of which a
person may become entitled to receive, as the result of chance, any
money or property, for provisions which included machines or
mechanical devices designed and manufactured to operate by
inserting a coin, token, or similar object, in par. (2), and
inserted ", but which is not attached to any such machine or
mechanical device as a constituent part", in par. (3).
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 87-840, Sec. 3, substituted "the District of
Columbia" for "Alaska, Hawaii".
Subsecs. (d) and (e). Pub. L. 87-840, Sec. 3, added subsecs. (d)
and (e).
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1962 AMENDMENT
Section 7 of Pub. L. 87-840 provided that: "The amendments made
by this Act [enacting section 1178 of this title and amending this
section and sections 1172 and 1173 of this title] shall take effect
on the sixtieth day after the date of its enactment [Oct. 18,
1962]."
SHORT TITLE OF 1962 AMENDMENT
Section 1 of Pub. L. 87-840 provided: "That this Act [enacting
section 1178 of this title and amending this section and sections
1172 and 1173 of this title] may be cited as the 'Gambling Devices
Act of 1962'."
SHORT TITLE
Act Jan. 2, 1951, which enacted this chapter, is popularly known
as the "Gambling Devices Transportation Act".
SEPARABILITY
Section 8 of act Jan. 2, 1951, provided that: "If any provision
of this Act [this chapter] or the application thereof to any person
or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect
other provisions or applications of the Act [this chapter] which
can be given effect without the invalid provision or application,
and to this end the provisions of this Act [this chapter] are
declared to be severable."