47 USC § 326 - Censorship

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identifier: "/us/usc/t47/s326"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "47 USC § 326 - Censorship"
title_number: 47
title_name: "TELECOMMUNICATIONS"
section_number: "326"
section_name: "Censorship"
chapter_number: 5
chapter_name: "WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RADIO"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "General Provisions"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-08-11"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 326, 48 Stat. 1091; June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 21, 62 Stat. 862.)"
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# § 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.

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**Source Credit**: (June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 326, 48 Stat. 1091; June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 21, 62 Stat. 862.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning , , known as the Communications Act of 1934, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see  and Tables.

### Amendments

1948—Act , repealed last sentence relating to use of indecent language. See , Crimes and Criminal Procedure.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1948 Amendment

Amendment by act , effective as of , see section 20 of that act.