2021 US Code
Title 18 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Part I - Crimes
Chapter 83 - Postal Service
Sec. 1692 - Foreign mail as United States mail

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Citation 18 U.S.C. § 1692 (2021)
Section Name §1692. Foreign mail as United States mail
Section Text

Every foreign mail, while being transported across the territory of the United States under authority of law, is mail of the United States, and any depredation thereon, or offense in respect thereto, shall be punishable as though it were United States mail.

Source Credit

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 776.)

Editorial Notes HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES

Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §359 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, §229, 35 Stat. 1134).

Minor changes were made in phraseology and obvious surplusage omitted.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, 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 83 - POSTAL SERVICE
Sec. 1692 - Foreign mail as United States mail
Contains section 1692
Date 2021
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 3, 2022
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 35 Stat. 1134
62 Stat. 776
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