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18 U.S.C. § 1465 — Production and transportation of obscene matters for sale or distribution
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Whoever knowingly produces with the intent to transport, distribute, or transmit in interstate or foreign commerce, or whoever knowingly transports or travels in, or uses a facility or means of, interstate or foreign commerce or an interactive computer service (as defined in section 230(e)(2) 11 See References in Text note below. of the Communications Act of 1934) in or affecting such commerce, for the purpose of sale or distribution of any obscene, lewd, lascivious, or filthy book, pamphlet, picture, film, paper, letter, writing, print, silhouette, drawing, figure, image, cast, phonograph recording, electrical transcription or other article capable of producing sound or any other matter of indecent or immoral character, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
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Whoever knowingly produces with the intent to transport, distribute, or transmit in interstate or foreign commerce, or whoever knowingly transports or travels in, or uses a facility or means of, interstate or foreign commerce or an interactive computer service (as defined in section 230(e)(2) 11 See References in Text note below. of the Communications Act of 1934) in or affecting such commerce, for the purpose of sale or distribution of any obscene, lewd, lascivious, or filthy book, pamphlet, picture, film, paper, letter, writing, print, silhouette, drawing, figure, image, cast, phonograph recording, electrical transcription or other article capable of producing sound or any other matter of indecent or immoral character, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
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Whoever brings into the United States, or any place subject to the jurisdiction thereof, or knowingly uses any express company or other common carrier or interactive computer service (as defined in section 230(e)(2) 11 See References in Text note below. of the Communications Act of 1934), for carriage in interstate or foreign commerce—
**(a)** any obscene, lewd, lascivious, or filthy book, pamphlet, picture, motion-picture film, paper, letter, writing, print, or other matter of indecent character; or
**(b)** any obscene, lewd, lascivious, or filthy phonograph recording, electrical transcription, or other article or thing capable of producing sound; or
**(c)** any drug, medicine, article, or thing designed, adapted, or intended for producing abortion, or for any indecent or immoral use; or any written or printed card, letter, circular, book, pamphlet, advertisement, or notice of any kind giving information, directly or indirectly, where, how, or of whom, or by what means any of such mentioned articles, matters, or things may be obtained or made; or
Whoever knowingly takes or receives, from such express company or other common carrier or interactive computer service (as defined in section 230(e)(2) 1 of the Communications Act of 1934) any matter or thing the carriage or importation of which is herein made unlawful—
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both, for the first such offense and shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both, for each such offense thereafter.
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TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
§ 1465
1 See References in Text note below.
1 So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
OBSCENE LANGUAGE; PROMULGATION OF REGULATIONS
Federal Communications Commission to promulgate
regulations by Jan. 31, 1989, in accordance with this
section to enforce this section on a 24 hour per day
basis, see section 608 of Pub. L. 100–459, set out as a
note under section 303 of Title 47, Telecommunications.
§ 1465. Production and transportation of obscene
matters for sale or distribution
Whoever knowingly produces with the intent
to transport, distribute, or transmit in inter-
state or foreign commerce, or whoever know-
ingly transports or travels in, or uses a facility
or means of, interstate or foreign commerce or
an interactive computer service (as defined in
section 230(e)(2) 1 of the Communications Act of
1934) in or affecting such commerce, for the pur-
pose of sale or distribution of any obscene, lewd,
lascivious, or filthy book, pamphlet, picture,
film, paper, letter, writing, print, silhouette,
drawing, figure, image, cast, phonograph record-
ing, electrical transcription or other article ca-
pable of producing sound or any other matter of
indecent or immoral character, shall be fined
under this title or imprisoned not more than
five years, or both.
The transportation as aforesaid of two or more
copies of any publication or two or more of any
article of the character described above, or a
combined total of five such publications and ar-
ticles, shall create a presumption that such pub-
lications or articles are intended for sale or dis-
tribution, but such presumption shall be rebut-
table.
(Added June 28, 1955, ch. 190, § 3, 69 Stat. 183;
am
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