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PUBLIC LAW 90-351-JUNE 19, 1968

justice, to ship or transport any firearm or ammunition in interstate or foreign commerce. " (f) I t shall be unlawful for any person who is under indictment or who has been convicted in any court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, or is a fugitive from justice, to receive any firearm or ammunition which has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce. " (g) I t shall be unlawful for any person to transport or ship in interstate or foreign commerce, any stolen firearm or stolen ammunition, knowing or having reasonable cause to believe the same to have been stolen. " (h) I t shall be unlawful for any person to receive, conceal, store, barter, sell, or dispose of any stolen firearm or stolen ammunition, or pledge or accept as security for a loan any stolen firearm or stolen ammunition, moving as or which is a part of or which constitutes interstate or foreign commerce, knowing or having reasonable cause to believe the same to have been stolen. "(i) I t shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to transport, si lip, or receive, in interstate or foreign commerce, any firearm the importer's or manufacturer's serial number of which has been removed, obliterated, or altered. "(j) It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to import or bring into the United States or any possession thereof any firearm or ammunition, except as provided in subsection (d) of section 925 of this chapter; and it shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to receive any firearm or ammunition which has been imported or brought into the United States or any possession thereof in violation of the i:)rovisions of this chapter. " (k) I t shall be unlawful for any licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer knowingly to make any false entry in, or to fail to make appropriate entry in or to fail to properly maintain, any record which he is required to keep pursuant to section 923 of this chapter or regulations promulgated thereunder. "§923. Licensing " (a) No person shall engage in business as a firearms or ammunition importer, manufacturer, or dealer until he has filed an application with, and received a license to do so from, the Secretary. The application shall be in such form and contain such information as the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe. Each applicant shall be required to pay a fee for obtaining such a license, a separate fee being required for each place in which the applicant is to do business, as follows: " (1) If a manufacturer— " (A) of destructive devices and/or ammunition a fee of $1,000 per year; " (B) of firearms other than destructive devices a fee of $500 per year. "(2) If an importer— " (A) of destructive devices and/or ammunition a fee of $1,000 per year; " (B) of firearms other than destructive devices a fee of $500 per year. "(3) If a dealer— " (A) in destructive devices and/or ammunition a fee of $1,000 per year; " (B) who is a pawnbroker dealing in firearms other than destructive devices a fee of $250 per year; " (C) who is not a dealer in destructive devices or a pawnbroker, a fee of $10 per year.

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