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# 18 U.S.C. § 45 - Repealed. Pub. L. 101–647, title XII, § 1206(a), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4832]

## Notes

Section, act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 688, related to penalties for capturing or killing carrier pigeons.