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title: "18 U.S.C. § 1734"
description: "Editorials and other matter as “advertisements”"
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title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
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# 18 U.S.C. § 1734 - Editorials and other matter as “advertisements”
## Text
Whoever, being an editor or publisher, prints in a publication entered as second class mail, editorial or other reading matter for which he has been paid or promised a valuable consideration, without plainly marking the same “advertisement” shall be fined under this title.
(Added Pub. L. 86682, § 7, Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 706; amended Pub. L. 103322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Amendments1994—Pub. L. 103322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $500”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective DateSection effective Sept. 1, 1960, see section 11 of Pub. L. 86682, Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 708.