Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 1303 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 1303 : US Code - Notes

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, Sec.
6(j)(10), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 778; Pub. L. 103-322, title
XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(B), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2146.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 18 U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 337 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch.
321, Sec. 214, 35 Stat. 1130). Minor changes were made in
phraseology.
AMENDMENTS
1994 - 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 AMENDMENT
Amendment 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.