15-U.S.C.-1178
§1178 – Nonapplicability of Chapter to Certain Machines and Devices
Pathway
Title 15 > Chapter 24 > Section 1178
Details
- Reference: Section 1178
- Legend: §1178 – Nonapplicability of Chapter to Certain Machines and Devices
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
None of the provisions of this chapter shall be construed to apply—
(1) to any machine or mechanical device designed and manufactured primarily for use at a racetrack in connection with parimutuel betting,
(2) to any machine or mechanical device, such as a coin-operated bowling alley, shuffleboard, marble machine (a so-called pinball machine), or mechanical gun, which is not designed and manufactured primarily for use in connection with gambling, and (A) which when operated does not deliver, as a result of the application of an element of chance, any money or property, or (B) by the operation of which a person may not become entitled to receive, as the result of the application of an element of chance, any money or property, or
(3) to any so-called claw, crane, or digger machine and similar devices which are not operated by coin, are actuated by a crank, and are designed and manufactured primarily for use at carnivals or county or State fairs.
(Jan. 2, 1951, ch. 1194, §9, as added Pub. L. 87–840, §6, Oct. 18, 1962, 76 Stat. 1077.)
Effective Date
Section effective on sixtieth day after Oct. 18, 1962, see section 7 of Pub. L. 87–840, set out as an Effective Date of 1962 Amendment note under section 1171 of this title.
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15-U.S.C.-1152 in the Legal Encyclopedia: Trade Law
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