2017 US Code
Title 18 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Part I - Crimes
Chapter 103 - Robbery and Burglary
Sec. 2116 - Railway or steamboat post office
| 18 U.S.C. § 2116 (2017) |
| §2116. Railway or steamboat post office |
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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 under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. |
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(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 797; Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, §601(a)(8), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3498.) |
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HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based 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. AMENDMENTS1996—Pub. L. 104–294 substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $1,000". |
| United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
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| Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 103 - ROBBERY AND BURGLARY Sec. 2116 - Railway or steamboat post office |
| section 2116 |
| 2017 |
| January 12, 2018 |
| Yes |
| standard |
| 35 Stat. 1125 62 Stat. 797 110 Stat. 3498 |
| Public Law 104-294 |
