June 30, 1938, ch. 850, § 152 Stat. 1250Aug. 6, 1939, ch. 50053 Stat. 1222Mar. 10, 1947, ch. 1561 Stat. 11Pub. L. 87–342, § 175 Stat. 757Section 901, acts , ; , ; , ; , , , defined in pars. (1) to (7) the terms “person”, “interstate or foreign commerce”, “firearm”, “manufacturer”, “dealer”, “fugitive from justice”, and “ammunition”. See section 921(a)(1) to (3), (9), (10), (11), (14), and (16) of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, respectively.
June 30, 1938, ch. 850, § 252 Stat. 1250Pub. L. 87–342, § 275 Stat. 757Section 902, acts , ; , , , prohibited certain enumerated acts, including transporting, shipping, or receiving firearms or ammunition in commerce, subsecs. (a), (d) to (i) of which are covered in section 922(a)(1), (c), (e) to (i) of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, respectively, such subsecs. (d) to (i) also being covered generally in section 922(d) and such subsec. (i) in section 923(f), the presumption from possession rule of subsecs. (f) and (i) being omitted, and subsecs. (b) and (c) of which prohibited receipt with knowledge that transportation or shipment was in violation of former subsec. (a) or that the transportation or shipment was to a person without a license where State laws require prospective purchaser to exhibit a license to licensed manufacturer or dealer, respectively.
act June 30, 1938, ch. 850, § 352 Stat. 1251Section 903, , , provided for licenses to transport, ship, or receive firearms or ammunition. For subsecs. (a), (b), and (d), see sections 923(a), (b), 922(b)(5), (k), 923(d), (f) of Title 18, respectively.
act June 30, 1938, ch. 850, § 452 Stat. 1252section 925(a) of Title 18Section 904, , , excepted certain persons from the provisions of the chapter. See .
June 30, 1938, ch. 850, § 552 Stat. 1252Feb. 7, 1950, ch. 264 Stat. 3Section 905, acts , ; , , prescribed penalties for violations. See section 924(a) and (c) of Title 18.
act June 30, 1938, ch. 850, § 652 Stat. 1252section 921 of Title 18Section 906, , , provided for effective date of chapter 18. Similar provisions are set out as a note under .
act June 30, 1938, ch. 850, § 752 Stat. 1252section 926 of Title 18Section 907, , , authorized rules and regulations. See .
act June 30, 1938, ch. 850, § 852 Stat. 1252section 928 of Title 18Section 908, , , contained separability clause. See .
act June 30, 1938, ch. 850, § 952 Stat. 1252Section 909, , , provided for the Federal Firearms Act as the short title for chapter 18.
act June 30, 1938, ch. 850, § 10Pub. L. 89–18479 Stat. 788section 925(c) of Title 18Section 910, , as added , , , provided for relief from disabilities resulting from conviction, application of provisions, public interest, and publication in Federal Register. See .
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of Repeal
section 907 of Pub. L. 90–351section 921 of Title 18Repeal effective 180 days after , except that valid license issued thereunder shall not terminate until expiration according to terms of license unless sooner revoked or terminated pursuant to applicable law, see , set out as a note under , Crimes and Criminal Procedure.