18 U.S.C. § 1692

§1692. Foreign mail as United States mail

Edition 2024

U.S.C. Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
18 U.S.C.

United States Code, 2024 Edition

Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

PART I - CRIMES

CHAPTER 83 - POSTAL SERVICE

Sec. 1692 - Foreign mail as United States mail

From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov

§1692. Foreign mail as United States mail

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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