18 USC § 1465

Return to "Content Restriction" Article.

18 USC 1465 As Amended

CAPITALIZED TEXT has been added
[~~Bracketed text~~] has been striken -CITE-

18 USC Sec. 1465 01/24/94 -EXPCITE-

TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I - CRIMES
CHAPTER 71 - OBSCENITY -HEAD-

Sec. 1465. Transportation of obscene matters for sale or distribution -STATUTE-

Whoever knowingly [~~transports in~~] TRANSPORTS OR TRAVELS IN, OR USES A FACILITY OR MEANS OF, interstate or foreign commerce OR AN INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SERVICE (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230(E)(2) OF THE COMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1934) IN OR AFFECTING SUCH COMMERCE for the purpose of sale or distribution, [~~or knowingly travels in interstate commerce, or uses a facility or means of interstate commerce for the purpose of transporting obscene material in interstate or foreign commerce,~~] OF any obscene, lewd, lascivious, or filthy book, pamphlet, picture, film, paper, letter, writing, print, silhouette, drawing, figure, image, cast, phonograph recording, electrical transcription or other article capable of producing sound or any other matter of indecent or immoral character, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

The transportation as aforesaid of two or more copies of any publication or two or more of any article of the character described above, or a combined total of five such publications and articles, shall create a presumption that such publications or articles are intended for sale or distribution, but such presumption shall be rebuttable.