18-U.S.C.-1692

§1692 – Foreign Mail As United States Mail

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Title 18 > Part I > Chapter 83 > Section 1692

Details

• Reference: Section 1692
• Legend: §1692 – Foreign Mail As United States Mail
• USCode Year: 2013

Provision Content

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.

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

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.

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