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# 47 U.S.C. § 8 - Repealed. July 16, 1947, ch. 256, § 1, 61 Stat. 327

## Notes

Section, R.S. § 5269; acts Feb. 27, 1877, ch. 69, § 1, 19 Stat. 252; June 19, 1934, ch. 652, § 601, 48 Stat. 1101, related to refusal to transmit dispatches.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of RepealRepeal effective on tenth day following July 16, 1947, see section 3 of act July 16, 1947, set out as a note under sections 1 to 6 of this title.

Authority of Federal Communications Commission; Effect of RepealSee provisions set out as a note under section 1 of this title.