[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC1468]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 71--OBSCENITY
Sec. 1468. Distributing obscene material by cable or
subscription television
(a) Whoever knowingly utters any obscene language or distributes any
obscene matter by means of cable television or subscription services on
television, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than 2 years
or by a fine in accordance with this title, or both.
(b) As used in this section, the term ``distribute'' means to send,
transmit, retransmit, telecast, broadcast, or cablecast, including by
wire, microwave, or satellite, or to produce or provide material for
such distribution.
(c) Nothing in this chapter, or the Cable Communications Policy Act
of 1984, or any other provision of Federal law, is intended to interfere
with or preempt the power of the States, including political
subdivisions thereof, to regulate the uttering of language that is
obscene or otherwise unprotected by the Constitution or the distribution
of matter that is obscene or otherwise unprotected by the Constitution,
of any sort, by means of cable television or subscription services on
television.
(Added Pub. L. 100-690, title VII, Sec. 7523(a), Nov. 18, 1988, 102
Stat. 4501.)
References in Text
The Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, referred to in subsec.
(c), is Pub. L. 98-549, Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2779, which is
classified principally to subchapter V-A (Sec. 521 et seq.) of chapter 5
of Title 47, Telegraphs, Telephones, and Radiotelegr
