§ 1303. — Postmaster or employee as lottery agent.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC1303]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 61--LOTTERIES
Sec. 1303. Postmaster or employee as lottery agent \1\
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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.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 1307 of this title; title 25
section 2720; title 39 section 3005.
