2013 US Code
Title 39 - Postal Service
Part II - PERSONNEL (§§ 1001 - 1209)
Chapter 10 - EMPLOYMENT WITHIN THE POSTAL SERVICE (§§ 1001 - 1011)
Section 1008 - Temporary employees or carriers
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 39 - POSTAL SERVICE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 39 - POSTAL SERVICE PART II - PERSONNEL CHAPTER 10 - EMPLOYMENT WITHIN THE POSTAL SERVICE Sec. 1008 - Temporary employees or carriers |
| Contains | section 1008 |
| Date | 2013 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 91-375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 732. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 84 Stat. 732 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 91-375 |
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(a) A person temporarily employed to deliver mail is deemed an employee of the Postal Service and is subject to the provisions of chapter 83 of title 18 to the same extent as other employees of the Postal Service.
(b) Any person, when engaged in carrying mail under contract with the Postal Service, or employed by the Postal Service, is deemed a carrier or person entrusted with the mail and having custody thereof, within the meaning of sections 1701, 1708, and 2114 of title 18.
(Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 732.)
EFFECTIVE DATESection effective July 1, 1971, pursuant to Resolution No. 71–9 of the Board of Governors. See section 15(a) of Pub. L. 91–375, set out as a note preceding section 101 of this title.
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