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     * UNITED STATES CODE
          + TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
               o PART I - CRIMES
                    # CHAPTER 71 - OBSCENITY
   
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    ' 1465. Transportation of obscene matters for sale or distribution
    
|   Whoever knowingly transports in interstate or foreign commerce for the
|   purpose of sale or distribution, or knowingly travels in interstate
|   commerce, or uses a facility or means of interstate commerce for the
|   purpose of transporting obscene material in interstate or foreign
|   commerce, any obscene, lewd, lascivious, or filthy book, pamphlet,

   Whoever knowingly transports OR TRAVELS IN, OR USES A FACILITY OR
   MEANS OF, interstate or foreign commerce OR INTERACTIVE COMPUTER
   SERVICE for the
|   purpose of sale or distribution, 
|   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 not more than $5,000 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 articles,
   shall create a presumption that such publications or articles are
   intended for sale or distribution, but such presumption shall be
   rebuttable.
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