§ 1694. — Carriage of matter out of mail over post routes.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC1694]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 83--POSTAL SERVICE
Sec. 1694. Carriage of matter out of mail over post routes
Whoever, having charge or control of any conveyance operating by
land, air, or water, which regularly performs trips at stated periods on
any post route, or from one place to another between which the mail is
regularly carried, carries, otherwise than in the mail, any letters or
packets, except such as relate to some part of the cargo of such
conveyance, or to the current business of the carrier, or to some
article carried at the same time by the same conveyance, shall, except
as otherwise provided by law, be fined under this title.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 776; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII,
Sec. 330016(1)(A), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2146.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 307 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch.
321, Sec. 184, 35 Stat. 1124).
Words ``by land, air, or water'' were substituted for ``stagecoach,
railway car, steamboat'' with necessary minor changes in phraseology.
Enumeration of persons having charge was omitted as unnecessary.
Amendments
1994--Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ``fined under this title'' for
``fined not more than $50''.
Study of Private Carriage of Mail; Reports to President and Congress
Congressional findings of need for study and reevaluation of
restrictions on private carriage of letters and packets contained in
this section and submission by United States Postal Service of reports
to President and Congress for modernization of law, regulations, and
administrative practices, see section 7 of Pub. L. 91-375, set out as a
note under section 601 of Title 39, Postal Service.
