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15 U.S.C. § 1172 — Transportation of gambling devices as unlawful; exceptions; authority of Federal Trade Commission

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15 U.S.C. § 1172 — Transportation of gambling devices as unlawful; exceptions; authority of Federal Trade Commission

**(a) General rule** It shall be unlawful knowingly to transport any gambling device to any place in a State or a possession of the United States from any place outside of such State or possession: Provided, That this section shall not apply to transportation of any gambling device to a place in any State which has enacted a law providing for the exemption of such State from the provisions of this section, or to a place in any subdivision of a State if the State in which such subdivision is located has enacted a law providing for the exemption of such subdivision from the provisions of this section, nor shall this section apply to any gambling device used or designed for use at and transported to licensed gambling establishments where betting is legal under applicable State laws: Provided, further, That it shall not be unlawful to transport in interstate or foreign commerce any gambling device into any State in which the transported gambling device is specifically enumerated as lawful in a statute of that State. **(b) Authority of Federal Trade Commission** Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to interfere with or reduce the authority, or the existing interpretation of the authority, of the Federal Trade Commission under the Federal Trade Commission Act [[15 U.S.C. 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section41&num=0&edition=prelim) et. seq.]. **(c) Exception** This section does not prohibit the transport of a gambling device to a place in a State or a possession of the United States on a vessel on a voyage, if— (1) use of the gambling device on a portion of that voyage is, by reason of subsection (b) of [section 1175 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section1175&num=0&edition

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15 U.S.C. § 58 — Short title

This subchapter may be cited as the “Federal Trade Commission Act”.

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15 U.S.C. § 41 — Federal Trade Commission established; membership; vacancies; seal

A commission is created and established, to be known as the Federal Trade Commission (hereinafter referred to as the Commission), which shall be composed of five Commissioners, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Not more than three of the Commissioners shall be members of the same political party. The first Commissioners appointed shall continue in office for terms of three, four, five, six, and seven years, respectively, from September 26, 1914, the term of each to be designated by the President, but their successors shall be appointed for terms of seven years, except that any person chosen to fill a vacancy shall be appointed only for the unexpired term of the Commissioner whom he shall succeed: Provided, however, That upon the expiration of his term of office a Commissioner shall continue to serve until his successor shall have been appointed and shall have qualified..11 So in original. The President shall choose a chairman from the Commission’s membership. No Commissioner shall engage in any other business, vocation, or employment. Any Commissioner may be removed by the President for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office. A vacancy in the Commission shall not impair the right of the remaining Commissioners to exercise all the powers of the Commission.

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15 U.S.C. § 1175 — Specific jurisdictions within which manufacturing, repairing, selling, possessing, etc., prohibited; exceptions

**(a) General rule** It shall be unlawful to manufacture, recondition, repair, sell, transport, possess, or use any gambling device in the District of Columbia, in any possession of the United States, within Indian country as defined in [section 1151 of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section1151&num=0&edition=prelim) or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States as defined in [section 7 of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section7&num=0&edition=prelim), including on a vessel documented under chapter 121 of title 46 or documented under the laws of a foreign country. **(b) Exception** (1) **In general** — Except for a voyage or a segment of a voyage that begins and ends in the State of Hawaii, or as provided in paragraph (2), this section does not prohibit— (A) the repair, transport, possession, or use of a gambling device on a vessel that is not within the boundaries of any State or possession of the United States; (B) the transport or possession, on a voyage, of a gambling device on a vessel that is within the boundaries of any State or possession of the United States, if— (i) use of the gambling device on a portion of that voyage is, by reason of subparagraph (A), not a violation of this section; and (ii) the gambling device remains on board that vessel while the vessel is within the boundaries of that State or possession; or (C) the repair, transport, possession, or use of a gambling device on a vessel on a voyage that begins in the State of Indiana and that does not leave the territorial jurisdiction of that State, including such a voyage on Lake Michigan. (2) **Application to certain voyages** (A) *General rule* —

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15 U.S.C. § 1171 — Definitions

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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15 U.S.C. § 1172 — Transportation of gambling devices as un-

Page 1338 TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE § 1172 1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘subsection’’. (c) The term ‘‘possession of the United States’’ means any possession of the United States which is not named in paragraph 1 (b) of this sec- tion. (d) The term ‘‘interstate or foreign commerce’’ means commerce (1) between any State or pos- session of the United States and any place out- side 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’’ means commerce wholly within one State or possession of the United States. (f) The term ‘‘boundaries’’ has the same mean- ing given that term in section 1301 of title 43. (Jan. 2, 1951, ch. 1194, § 1, 64 Stat. 1134; Pub. L. 87–840, §§ 2, 3, Oct. 18, 1962, 76 Stat. 1075; Pub. L. 102–251, title II, § 202(c), Mar. 9, 1992, 106 Stat. 62.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1992—Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 102–251 added subsec. (f). 1962—Subsec. (a)(2), (3). Pub. L. 87–840, § 2, substituted provisions including machines and mechanical devices designed and manufactured primarily for gambling by the operation of which a person may become entitled to receive, as the result of chance, any money or property, for provisions which included machines or mechanical devices designed and manufactured to operate by in- serting a coin, token, or similar object, in par. (2), and inserted ‘‘, but which is not attached to any such ma- chine or mechanical device as a constituent part’’, in par. (3). Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 87–840, § 3, substituted ‘‘the Dis- trict of Columbia’’ for ‘‘Alaska, Hawaii’’. Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 87–840, § 3, added subsecs. (d) and (e). Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE D

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15 U.S.C. § 41 — Federal Trade Commission established;

Page 48 TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE § 41 1 So in original. Sec. 74. Rules and regulations. 75. Retaliation against country prohibiting im- portations. 76. Retaliation against restriction of importa- tions in time of war. 77. Discrimination against neutral Americans in time of war. SUBCHAPTER I—FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION § 41. Federal Trade Commission established; membership; vacancies; seal A commission is created and established, to be known as the Federal Trade Commission (here- inafter referred to as the Commission), which shall be composed of five Commissioners, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Not more than three of the Commissioners shall be mem- bers of the same political party. The first Com- missioners appointed shall continue in office for terms of three, four, five, six, and seven years, respectively, from September 26, 1914, the term of each to be designated by the President, but their successors shall be appointed for terms of seven years, except that any person chosen to fill a vacancy shall be appointed only for the un- expired term of the Commissioner whom he shall succeed: Provided, however, That upon the expiration of his term of office a Commissioner shall continue to serve until his successor shall have been appointed and shall have qualified..1 The President shall choose a chairman from the Commission’s membership. No Commissioner shall engage in any other business, vocation, or employment. Any Commissioner may be re- moved by the President for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office. A vacancy in the Commission shall not impair the right of the remaining Commissioners to exercise all the powers of the Commission. The Commission shall have a

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