1
 So in original. Probably should be “subsection”.
(b) of this section.
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 inserting a coin, token, or similar object, in par. (2), and inserted “, but which is not attached to any such machine or mechanical device as a constituent part”, in par. (3).

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 87–840, § 3, substituted “the District of Columbia” for “Alaska, Hawaii”.

Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 87–840, § 3, added subsecs. (d) and (e).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1962 Amendment

Pub. L. 87–840, § 7, Oct. 18, 1962, 76 Stat. 1077, provided that: “The amendments made by this Act [enacting section 1178 of this title and amending this section and sections 1172 and 1173 of this title] shall take effect on the sixtieth day after the date of its enactment [Oct. 18, 1962].”

Short Title of 1962 Amendment

Pub. L. 87–840, § 1, Oct. 18, 1962, 76 Stat. 1075, provided: “That this Act [enacting section 1178 of this title and amending this section and sections 1172 and 1173 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Gambling Devices Act of 1962’.”

Short Title

Act Jan. 2, 1951, which enacted this chapter and a note set out under this section, is popularly known as the “Gambling Devices Transportation Act”.

Separability

Act Jan. 2, 1951, ch. 1194, § 8, 64 Stat. 1136, provided that: “If any provision of this Act [this chapter] or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the Act [this chapter] which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this Act [this chapter] are declared to be severable.”