1994 US Code
Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I - CRIMES
CHAPTER 103 - ROBBERY AND BURGLARY
Sec. 2116 - Railway or steamboat post office
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 103 - ROBBERY AND BURGLARY Sec. 2116 - Railway or steamboat post office |
Contains | section 2116 |
Date | 1994 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 4, 1995 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 797. |
Statutes at Large References | 35 Stat. 1125 62 Stat. 797 |
§2116. Railway or steamboat post office
Whoever, by violence, enters a post-office car, or any part of any car, steamboat, or vessel, assigned to the use of the mail service, or willfully or maliciously assaults or interferes with any postal clerk in the discharge of his duties in connection with such car, steamboat, vessel, or apartment thereof, shall be fined not more than ,000 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 797.)
Historical and Revision NotesBased on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §316 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, §193, 35 Stat. 1125).
Reference to persons aiding or assisting was deleted as unnecessary because such persons are made principals by section 2 of this title.
Minor changes were made in phraseology.
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