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[CITE: 47USC326]

 
          TITLE 47--TELEGRAPHS, TELEPHONES, AND RADIOTELEGRAPHS
 
                 CHAPTER 5--WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION
 
          SUBCHAPTER III--SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RADIO
 
                       Part I--General Provisions
 
Sec. 326. Censorship

    Nothing in this chapter shall be understood or construed to give the 
Commission the power of censorship over the radio communications or 
signals transmitted by any radio station, and no regulation or condition 
shall be promulgated or fixed by the Commission which shall interfere 
with the right of free speech by means of radio communication.

(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, Sec. 326, 48 Stat. 1091; June 25, 
1948, ch. 645, Sec. 21, 62 Stat. 862.)


                               Amendments

    1948--Act June 25, 1948, repealed last sentence relating to use of 
indecent language. See section 1464 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal 
Procedure.


                    Effective Date of 1948 Amendment

    Amendment by act June 25, 1948, effective as of Sept. 1, 1948, see 
section 20 of that act.
