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Code · U.S. Code · Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · CHAPTER 71— OBSCENITY · § 1463

§ 1463. Mailing indecent matter on wrappers or envelopes

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All matter otherwise mailable by law, upon the envelope or outside cover or wrapper of which, and all postal cards upon which, any delineations, epithets, terms, or language of an indecent, lewd, lascivious, or obscene character are written or printed or otherwise impressed or apparent, are nonmailable matter, and shall not be conveyed in the mails nor delivered from any post office nor by any letter carrier, and shall be withdrawn from the mails under such regulations as the Postal Service shall prescribe.
Whoever knowingly deposits for mailing or delivery, anything declared by this section to be nonmailable matter, or knowingly takes the same from the mails for the purpose of circulating or disposing of or aiding in the circulation or disposition of the same, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 769; Pub. L. 91–375, § 6(j)(13), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 778; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed. § 335 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 212, 35 Stat. 1129).
Said section 335 of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., was incorporated in this section and section 1718 of this title.
Reference to persons causing or procuring was omitted as unnecessary in view of definition of “principal” in section 2 of this title.
Minor changes were made in phraseology.
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  • June 25, 1948, ch. 645
  • 62 Stat. 769
  • Pub. L. 91–375, § 6(j)(13)
  • 84 Stat. 778
  • Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(K)
  • 108 Stat. 2147
  • Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 212
  • 35 Stat. 1129
  • Pub. L. 103–322
  • Pub. L. 91–375
  • section 15(a) of Pub. L. 91–375
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§ 1463
Mailing indecent matter on wrappers or envelopes
U.S.C.§ 335
U.S.C.§ 1718
U.S.C.§ 2
U.S.C.§ 101
ActJune 25, 1948, ch. 645
Stat.62 Stat. 769
Pub. L.Pub. L. 91–375, § 6(j)(13)
Stat.84 Stat. 778
Pub. L.Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(K)
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