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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 836. Transportation of fireworks into State prohibiting sale or use
Whoever, otherwise than in the course of continuous interstate
transportation through any State, transports fireworks into any
State, or delivers them for transportation into any State, or
attempts so to do, knowing that such fireworks are to be delivered,
possessed, stored, transshipped, distributed, sold, or otherwise
dealt with in a manner or for a use prohibited by the laws of such
State specifically prohibiting or regulating the use of fireworks,
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one
year, or both.
This section shall not apply to a common or contract carrier or
to international or domestic water carriers engaged in interstate
commerce or to the transportation of fireworks into a State for the
use of Federal agencies in the carrying out or the furtherance of
their operations.
In the enforcement of this section, the definitions of fireworks
contained in the laws of the respective States shall be applied.
As used in this section, the term "State" includes the several
States, Territories, and possessions of the United States, and the
District of Columbia.
This section shall be effective from and after July 1, 1954.
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