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15 U.S.C. § 1173 — Registration of manufacturers and dealers
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**(a) Activities requiring registration; contents of registration statement**
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in the business of manufacturing gambling devices, if the activities of such business in any way affect interstate or foreign commerce, to manufacture any gambling device during any calendar year, unless, after November 30 of the preceding calendar year, and before the date on which such device is manufactured, such person has registered with the Attorney General under this subsection, regardless of whether such device ever enters interstate or foreign commerce.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person during any calendar year to engage in the business of repairing, reconditioning, buying, selling, leasing, using, or making available for use by others any gambling device, if in such business he sells, ships, or delivers any such device knowing that it will be introduced into interstate or foreign commerce after the effective date of the Gambling Devices Act of 1962, unless, after November 30 of the preceding calendar year, and before the date such sale, shipment, or delivery occurs, such person has registered with the Attorney General under this subsection.
(3) It shall be unlawful for any person during any calendar year to engage in the business of repairing, reconditioning, buying, selling, leasing, using, or making available for use by others any gambling device, if in such business he buys or receives any such device knowing that it has been transported in interstate or foreign commerce after the effective date of the Gambling Devices Act of 1962, unless, after November 30, of the preceding calendar year and before the date on which he buys or receives such device, such person has registered with the Attorney General under this subsection.
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**(a) Activities requiring registration; contents of registration statement**
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in the business of manufacturing gambling devices, if the activities of such business in any way affect interstate or foreign commerce, to manufacture any gambling device during any calendar year, unless, after November 30 of the preceding calendar year, and before the date on which such device is manufactured, such person has registered with the Attorney General under this subsection, regardless of whether such device ever enters interstate or foreign commerce.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person during any calendar year to engage in the business of repairing, reconditioning, buying, selling, leasing, using, or making available for use by others any gambling device, if in such business he sells, ships, or delivers any such device knowing that it will be introduced into interstate or foreign commerce after the effective date of the Gambling Devices Act of 1962, unless, after November 30 of the preceding calendar year, and before the date such sale, shipment, or delivery occurs, such person has registered with the Attorney General under this subsection.
(3) It shall be unlawful for any person during any calendar year to engage in the business of repairing, reconditioning, buying, selling, leasing, using, or making available for use by others any gambling device, if in such business he buys or receives any such device knowing that it has been transported in interstate or foreign commerce after the effective date of the Gambling Devices Act of 1962, unless, after November 30, of the preceding calendar year and before the date on which he buys or receives such device, such person has registered with the Attorney General under this subsection.
(4) Each person who registers with the Attorney General pursuant to this subsection shall set forth in such registration (A) his name and each trade name under which he does business, (B) the address of each of his places of business in any State or possession of the United States, (C) the address of a place, in a State or possession of the United States in which such a place of business is located, where he will keep all records required to be kept by him by subsection (c) of this section, and (D) each activity described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of this subsection which he intends to engage in during the calendar year with respect to which such registration is made.
**(b) Numbering of devices**
(1) Every manufacturer of a gambling device defined in paragraph (a)(1) or (a)(2) of [section 1171 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section1171&num=0&edition=prelim) shall number seriatim each such gambling device manufactured by him and permanently affix on each such device, so as to be clearly visible, such number, his name, and, if different, any trade name under which he does business, and the date of manufacture of such device.
(2) Every manufacturer of a gambling device defined in paragraph (a)(3) of [section 1171 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section1171&num=0&edition=prelim) shall, if the size of such device permits it, number seriatim each such gambling device manufactured by him and permanently affix on each such device, so as to be clearly visible, such number, his name, and, if different, any trade name under which he does business, and the date of manufacture of such device.
**(c) Records; required information**
(1) Every person required to register under subsection (a) of this section for any calendar year shall, on and after the date of such registration or the first day of such year (whichever last occurs), maintain a record by calendar month for all periods thereafter in such year of—
(A) each gambling device manufactured, purchased, or otherwise acquired by him,
(B) each gambling device owned or possessed by him or in his custody, and
(C) each gambling device sold, delivered, or shipped by him in intrastate, interstate, or foreign commerce.
(2) Such record shall show—
(A) in the case of each such gambling device defined in paragraph (a)(1) or (a)(2) of [section 1171 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section1171&num=0&edition=prelim), the information which is required to be affixed on such gambling device by subsection (b)(1) of this section; and
(B) in the case of each such gambling device defined in paragraph (a)(3) of [section 1171 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section1171&num=0&edition=prelim), the information required to be affixed on such gambling device by subsection (b)(2) of this section, or, if such gambling device does not have affixed on it any such information, its catalog listing, description, and, in the case of each such device owned or possessed by him or in his custody, its location.
Such record shall also show (i) in the case of any such gambling device described in paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection, the name and address of the person from whom such device was purchased or acquired and the name and address of the carrier; and (ii) in the case of any such gambling device described in paragraph (1)(C) of this subsection, the name and address of the buyer and consignee thereof and the name and address of the carrier.
**(d) Retention of records** Each record required to be maintained under this section shall be kept by the person required to make it at the place designated by him pursuant to subsection (a)(4)(C) of this section for a period of at least five years from the last day of the calendar month of the year with respect to which such record is required to be maintained.
**(e) Dealing in, owning, possessing, or having custody of devices not marked or numbered; false entries in records**
(1) It shall be unlawful (A) for any person during any period in which he is required to be registered under subsection (a) of this section to sell, deliver, or ship in intrastate, interstate, or foreign commerce or own, possess, or have in his custody any gambling device which is not marked and numbered as required by subsection (b) of this section; or (B) for any person to remove, obliterate, or alter any mark or number on any gambling device required to be placed thereon by such subsection (b).
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to make or cause to be made, any false entry in any record required to be kept under this section.
**(f) Authority of Federal Bureau of Investigation** Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall, at any place designated pursuant to subsection (a)(4)(C) of this section by any person required to register by subsection (a) of this section, at all reasonable times, have access to and the right to copy any of the records required to be kept by this section, and, in case of refusal by any person registered under such subsection (a) to allow inspection and copying of such records, the United States district court for the district in which such place is located shall have jurisdiction to issue an order compelling production of such records for inspection or copying.
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As used in this chapter—
**(a)** The term “gambling device” means—
(1) any so-called “slot machine” or any other machine or mechanical device an essential part of which is a drum or reel with insignia thereon, and (A) which when operated may deliver, as the result of the application of an element of chance, any money or property, or (B) by the operation of which a person may become entitled to receive, as the result of the application of an element of chance, any money or property; or
(2) any other machine or mechanical device (including, but not limited to, roulette wheels and similar devices) designed and manufactured primarily for use in connection with gambling, and (A) which when operated may deliver, as the result of the application of an element of chance, any money or property, or (B) by the operation of which a person may become entitled to receive, as the result of the application of an element of chance, any money or property; or
(3) any subassembly or essential part intended to be used in connection with any such machine or mechanical device, but which is not attached to any such machine or mechanical device as a constituent part.
**(b)** The term “State” includes the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam.
**(c)** The term “possession of the United States” means any possession of the United States which is not named in paragraph 11 So in original. Probably should be “subsection”. (b) of this section.
**(d)** The term “interstate or foreign commerce” means commerce (1) between any State or possession of the United States and any place outside of such State or possession, or (2) between points in the same State or possession of the United States but through any place outside thereof.
**(e)** The term “intrastate commerce” mean
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TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§ 1173
transport such devices into any State in which the de-
vice is specifically enumerated as lawful in a State
statute.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1962 AMENDMENT
Amendment effective on sixtieth day after Oct. 18,
1962, see section 7 of Pub. L. 87–840, set out as a note
under section 1171 of this title.
§ 1173. Registration of manufacturers and deal-
ers
(a) Activities requiring registration; contents of
registration statement
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person engaged
in the business of manufacturing gambling de-
vices, if the activities of such business in any
way affect interstate or foreign commerce, to
manufacture any gambling device during any
calendar year, unless, after November 30 of the
preceding calendar year, and before the date on
which such device is manufactured, such person
has registered with the Attorney General under
this subsection, regardless of whether such de-
vice ever enters interstate or foreign commerce.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person during
any calendar year to engage in the business of
repairing, reconditioning, buying, selling, leas-
ing, using, or making available for use by others
any gambling device, if in such business he sells,
ships, or delivers any such device knowing that
it will be introduced into interstate or foreign
commerce after the effective date of the Gam-
bling Devices Act of 1962, unless, after November
30 of the preceding calendar year, and before the
date such sale, shipment, or delivery occurs,
such person has registered with the Attorney
General under this subsection.
(3) It shall be unlawful for any person during
any calendar year to engage in the business of
repairing, reconditioning, buying, selling
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