§ 1716A. — Nonmailable locksmithing devices and motor vehicle master keys.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC1716A]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 83--POSTAL SERVICE
Sec. 1716A. Nonmailable locksmithing devices and motor vehicle
master keys
(a) Whoever knowingly deposits for mailing or delivery, or knowingly
causes to be delivered by mail according to the direction thereon, or at
any place to which it is directed to be delivered by the person to whom
it is addressed, any matter declared to be nonmailable by section 3002
of title 39, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than
one year, or both.
(b) Whoever knowingly deposits for mailing or delivery, causes to be
delivered by mail, or causes to be delivered by any interstate mailing
or delivery other than by the United States Postal Service, any matter
declared to be nonmailable by section 3002a of title 39, shall be fined
under this title, imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
(Added Pub. L. 90-560, Sec. 2(1), Oct. 12, 1968, 82 Stat. 997; amended
Pub. L. 91-375, Aug. 12, 1970, Sec. 6(j)(26), 84 Stat. 780; Pub. L. 100-
690, title VII, Sec. 7090(c), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4410; Pub. L.
101-647, title XXXV, Sec. 3551, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4926.)
Amendments
1990--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101-647 substituted ``shall be fined
under this title or'' for ``shall be under this title''.
1988--Pub. L. 100-690 inserted ``locksmithing devices and'' in
section catchline, designated existing provisions as subsec. (a),
substituted ``under this title'' for ``fined not more than $1,000, or'',
and added subsec. (b).
1970--Pub. L. 91-375 substituted ``section 3002'' for ``section
4010'' of title 39.
Effective Date of 1970 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 91-375 effective within 1 year after Aug. 12,
1970, on date established therefor by Board of Governors of United
States Postal Service and published by it in Federal Register, see
section 15(a) of Pub. L. 91-375, set out as an Effective Date note
preceding section 101 of Title 39, Postal Service.
Effective Date
Section 3 of Pub. L. 90-560 provided that: ``The amendments made by
the first section and section 2 of this Act [enacting this section and
section 4010 of former Title 39, The Postal Service] shall become
effective on the sixtieth day after the date of enactment of this Act
[Oct. 12, 1968].''
