<section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="id74ccc7c3-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf" identifier="/us/usc/t18/s1733"><num value="1733">§ 1733.</num><heading> Mailing periodical publications without prepayment of postage</heading><content>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">Whoever, except as permitted by law, knowingly mails any periodical publication without the prepayment of postage, or, being an officer or employee of the Postal Service, knowingly permits any periodical publication to be mailed without prepayment of postage, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.</p>
</content><sourceCredit id="id74ccc7c4-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf">(Added <ref href="/us/pl/86/682/s7">Pub. L. 86–682, § 7</ref>, <date date="1960-09-02">Sept. 2, 1960</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/74/705">74 Stat. 705</ref>; amended <ref href="/us/pl/91/375/s6/j/36/A">Pub. L. 91–375, § 6(j)(36)(A)</ref>, <date date="1970-08-12">Aug. 12, 1970</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/84/780">84 Stat. 780</ref>; <ref href="/us/pl/103/322/tXXXIII/s330016/1/H">Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H)</ref>, <date date="1994-09-13">Sept. 13, 1994</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/108/2147">108 Stat. 2147</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" role="crossHeading" topic="editorialNotes" id="id74ccc7c6-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf"><heading class="centered"><b>Editorial Notes</b></heading></note>
<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="amendments" id="id74ccc7c7-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Amendments</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">1994—<ref href="/us/pl/103/322">Pub. L. 103–322</ref> substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $1,000”.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">1970—<ref href="/us/pl/91/375">Pub. L. 91–375</ref> substituted “Mailing periodical publications without prepayment of postage” for “Affidavits relating to second class mail” as section catchline, struck out subsec. (a) penalty provision for fine of not more than $1,000 for each refusal to make affidavits relating to second class mail when tendering for mailing such mail without any affidavits, and reenacted subsec. (b) as the section without any subsection designation, inserting “, except as permitted by law,” and substituting “periodical publication” for “second class mail” in two places, “prepayment of postage” for “payment of postage” where first appearing, and “officer or employee of the Postal Service” for “postmaster or postal official”.</p>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" role="crossHeading" topic="statutoryNotes" id="id74ccc7c8-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf"><heading class="centered"><b>Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries</b></heading></note>
<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="effectiveDateOfAmendment" id="id74ccc7c9-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Effective Date of 1970 Amendment</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Amendment by <ref href="/us/pl/91/375">Pub. L. 91–375</ref> effective within 1 year after <date date="1970-08-12">Aug. 12, 1970</date>, on date established therefor by Board of Governors of United States Postal Service and published by it in Federal Register, see <ref href="/us/pl/91/375/s15/a">section 15(a) of Pub. L. 91–375</ref>, set out as an Effective Date note preceding <ref href="/us/usc/t39/s101">section 101 of Title 39</ref>, Postal Service.</p>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="effectiveDate" id="id74ccc7ca-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Effective Date</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Section effective <date date="1960-09-01">Sept. 1, 1960</date>, see <ref href="/us/pl/86/682/s11">section 11 of Pub. L. 86–682</ref>, <date date="1960-09-02">Sept. 2, 1960</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/74/708">74 Stat. 708</ref>.</p>
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