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Code · U.S. Code · Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · CHAPTER 83— POSTAL SERVICE · § 1734

§ 1734. Editorials and other matter as “advertisements”

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Whoever, being an editor or publisher, prints in a publication entered as second class mail, editorial or other reading matter for which he has been paid or promised a valuable consideration, without plainly marking the same “advertisement” shall be fined under this title.
(Added Pub. L. 86–682, § 7, Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 706; amended Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)
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  • Pub. L. 86–682, § 7
  • 74 Stat. 706
  • Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(G)
  • 108 Stat. 2147
  • Pub. L. 103–322
  • section 11 of Pub. L. 86–682
  • 74 Stat. 708
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§ 1734
Editorials and other matter as “advertisements”
Pub. L.Pub. L. 86–682, § 7
Stat.74 Stat. 706
Pub. L.Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(G)
Stat.108 Stat. 2147
Pub. L.Pub. L. 103–322
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