§ 1469. — Presumptions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC1469]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 71--OBSCENITY
Sec. 1469. Presumptions
(a) In any prosecution under this chapter in which an element of the
offense is that the matter in question was transported, shipped, or
carried in interstate commerce, proof, by either circumstantial or
direct evidence, that such matter was produced or manufactured in one
State and is subsequently located in another State shall raise a
rebuttable presumption that such matter was transported, shipped, or
carried in interstate commerce.
(b) In any prosecution under this chapter in which an element of the
offense is that the matter in question was transported, shipped, or
carried in foreign commerce, proof, by either circumstantial or direct
evidence, that such matter was produced or manufactured outside of the
United States and is subsequently located in the United States shall
raise a rebuttable presumption that such matter was transported,
shipped, or carried in foreign commerce.
(Added Pub. L. 100-690, title VII, Sec. 7521(d), Nov. 18, 1988, 102
Stat. 4489.)
