18 U.S.C. § 797

Publication and sale of photographs of defense installations

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On and after thirty days from the date upon which the President defines any vital military or naval installation or equipment as being within the category contemplated under section 795 of this title, whoever reproduces, publishes, sells, or gives away any photograph, sketch, picture, drawing, map, or graphical representation of the vital military or naval installations or equipment so defined, without first obtaining permission of the commanding officer of the military or naval post, camp, or station concerned, or higher authority, unless such photograph, sketch, picture, drawing, map, or graphical representation has clearly indicated thereon that it has been censored by the proper military or naval authority, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1971–2017 · leading case: New York Times Co. v. United States, 403 U.S. 713 (1971).
New York Times Co. v. United States, 403 U.S. 713 (1971). · cites it 2× “[5] Title 18 U. S. C. § 797 provides: "On and after thirty days from the date upon which the President defines any vital military or naval installation or equipment as being within the category contemplated under section 795 of this title, whoever reproduces, publishes, sells,…”
Silberberg v. Bd. of Elections of New York, 272 F. Supp. 3d 454 (S.D.N.Y. 2017). “For example, 18 U.S.C. § 797 subjects to imprisonment and fine anyone who, under certain circumstances, “reproduces, publishes, sells, or gives away any photograph, sketch, picture,1 drawing, map, or graphical representation of [ ] vital military or naval installations or…”
Boehner, John A. v. McDermott, James A., 191 F.3d 463 (D.C. Cir. 1999). “If any of the material here at issue is of [the kind described in 18 U.S.C. § 797 or § 798], the newspapers are presumably now on full notice of the position of the United States and must face the consequences if they publish.”
Guam Indus. Servs., Inc., dba Guam Shipyard v. Zurich Am. Ins. Co. (D. Guam 2013). “18 U.S.C. § 797 makes it a 10 criminal offense to publish or sell photographs taken of vital military or naval installations or 11 equipment.”
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