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for 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. -End- -CITE- 18 USC Sec. 1731 01/19/04 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 83 - POSTAL SERVICE -HEAD- Sec. 1731. Vehicles falsely labeled as carriers -STATUTE- It shall be unlawful to paint, print, or in any manner to place upon or attach to any steamboat or other vessel, or any car, stagecoach, vehicle, or other conveyance, not actually used in carrying the mail, the words "United States Mail", or any words, letters, or characters of like import; or to give notice, by publishing in any newspaper or otherwise, that any steamboat or other vessel, or any car, stagecoach, vehicle, or other conveyance, is used in carrying the mail, when the same is not actually so used. Whoever violates, and every owner, receiver, lessee, or managing operator who suffers, or permits the violation of, any provision of this section, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. -SOURCE- (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 785; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.) -MISC1- HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 311 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, Sec. 188, 35 Stat. 1124). Reference to persons causing or procuring was omitted as unnecessary in view of definition of "principal" in section 2 of this title. The punishment provision was rewritten to conform more closely with comparable offenses in other sections. (See sections 1729 and 1730 of this title.) Minor verbal changes were made. AMENDMENTS 1994 - Pub. L. 103-322 substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $500" in second par. -End- -CITE- 18 USC Sec. 1732 01/19/04 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 83 - POSTAL SERVICE -HEAD- Sec. 1732. Approval of bond or sureties by postmaster -STATUTE- Whoever, being a postmaster, affixes his signature to the approval of any bond of a bidder, or to the certificate of sufficiency of sureties in any contract, before the said bond or contract is signed by the bidder or contractor and his sureties, or knowingly, or without the exercise of due diligence, approves any bond of a bidder with insufficient sureties, or knowingly makes any false or fraudulent certificate, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and shall be dismissed from office and disqualified from holding the office of postmaster. -SOURCE- (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 785; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.) -MISC1- HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 352 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, Sec. 222, 35 Stat. 1133). Minor verbal changes were made. AMENDMENTS 1994 - Pub. L. 103-322 substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $5,000". -End- -CITE- 18 USC Sec. 1733 01/19/04 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 83 - POSTAL SERVICE -HEAD- Sec. 1733. Mailing periodical publications without prepayment of postage -STATUTE- Whoever, except as permitted by law, knowingly mails any periodical publication without the prepayment of postage, or, being an officer or employee of the Postal Service, knowingly permits any periodical publication to be mailed without prepayment of postage, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. -SOURCE- (Added Pub. L. 86-682, Sec. 7, Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 705; amended Pub. L. 91-375, Sec. 6(j)(36)(A), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 780; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(H), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.) -MISC1- AMENDMENTS 1994 - Pub. L. 103-322 substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $1,000". 1970 - Pub. L. 91-375 substituted "Mailing periodical publications without prepayment of postage" for "Affidavits relating to second class mail" as section catchline, struck out subsec. (a) penalty provision for fine of not more than $1,000 for each refusal to make affidavits relating to second class mail when tendering for mailing such mail without any affidavits, and reenacted subsec. (b) as the section without any subsection designation, inserting ", except as permitted by law," and substituting "periodical publication" for "second class mail" in two places, "prepayment of postage" for "payment of postage" where first appearing, and "officer or employee of the Postal Service" for "postmaster or postal official". 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 effective Sept. 1, 1960, see section 11 of Pub. L. 86-682. -End- -CITE- 18 USC Sec. 1734 01/19/04 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 83 - POSTAL SERVICE -HEAD- Sec. 1734. Editorials and other matter as "advertisements" -STATUTE- Whoever, being an editor or publisher, prints in a publication entered as second class mail, editorial or other reading matter for which he has been paid or promised a valuable consideration, without plainly marking the same "advertisement" shall be fined under this title. -SOURCE- (Added Pub. L. 86-682, Sec. 7, Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 706; amended Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.) -MISC1- AMENDMENTS 1994 - Pub. L. 103-322 substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $500". EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective Sept. 1, 1960, see section 11 of Pub. L. 86-682. -End- -CITE- 18 USC Sec. 1735 01/19/04 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 83 - POSTAL SERVICE -HEAD- Sec. 1735. Sexually oriented advertisements -STATUTE- (a) Whoever - (1) willfully uses the mails for the mailing, carriage in the mails, or delivery of any sexually oriented advertisement in violation of section 3010 of title 39, or willfully violates any regulations of the Board of Governors issued under such section; or (2) sells, leases, rents, lends, exchanges, or licenses the use of, or, except for the purpose expressly authorized by section 3010 of title 39, uses a mailing list maintained by the Board of Governors under such section; shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both, for the first offense, and shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both, for any second or subsequent offense. (b) For the purposes of this section, the term "sexually oriented advertisement" shall have the same meaning as given it in section 3010(d) of title 39. -SOURCE- (Added Pub. L. 91-375, Sec. 6(j)(37)(A), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 781; amended Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(K), (L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.) -MISC1- AMENDMENTS 1994 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-322, in concluding provisions, substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $5,000" after "shall be" and for "fined not more than $10,000" after "and shall be". EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective on first day of sixth month which begins after Aug. 12, 1970, see section 15(b) of Pub. L. 91-375, set out as a note preceding section 101 of Title 39, Postal Service. -End- -CITE- 18 USC Sec. 1736 01/19/04 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 83 - POSTAL SERVICE -HEAD- Sec. 1736. Restrictive use of information -STATUTE- (a) No information or evidence obtained by reason of compliance by a natural person with any provision of section 3010 of title 39, or regulations issued thereunder, shall, except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, be used, directly or indirectly, as evidence against that person in a criminal proceeding. (b) The fact of the performance of any act by an individual in compliance with any provision of section 3010 of title 39, or regulations issued thereunder, shall not be deemed the admission of any fact, or otherwise be used, directly or indirectly, as evidence against that person in a criminal proceeding, except as provided in subsection (c) of this section. (c) Subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall not preclude the use of any such information or evidence in a prosecution or other action under any applicable provision of law with respect to the furnishing of false information. -SOURCE- (Added Pub. L. 91-375, Sec. 6(j)(37)(A), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 781.) -MISC1- EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective on first day of sixth month which begins after Aug. 12, 1970, see section 15(b) of Pub. L. 91-375, set out as a note preceding section 101 of Title 39, Postal Service. -End- -CITE- 18 USC Sec. 1737 01/19/04 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 83 - POSTAL SERVICE -HEAD- Sec. 1737. Manufacturer of sexually related mail matter -STATUTE- (a) Whoever shall print, reproduce, or manufacture any sexually related mail matter, intending or knowing that such matter will be deposited for mailing or delivery by mail in violation of section 3008 or 3010 of title 39, or in violation of any regulation of the Postal Service issued under such section, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both, for the first offense, and shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both, for any second or subsequent offense. (b) As used in this section, the term "sexually related mail matter" means any matter which is within the scope of section 3008(a) or 3010(d) of title 39. -SOURCE- (Added Pub. L. 91-375, Sec. 6(j)(37)(A), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 781; amended Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(K), (L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.) -MISC1- AMENDMENTS 1994 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-322 substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $5,000" after "section, shall be" and for "fined not more than $10,000" after "offense, and shall be". EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective on first day of sixth month which begins after Aug. 12, 1970, see section 15(b) of Pub. L. 91-375, set out as a note preceding section 101 of Title 39, Postal Service. -End- -CITE- 18 USC Sec. 1738 01/19/04 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 83 - POSTAL SERVICE -HEAD- [Sec. 1738. Repealed. Pub. L. 106-578, Sec. 4, Dec. 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 3076] -MISC1- Section, added Pub. L. 97-398, Sec. 4(a), Dec. 31, 1982, 96 Stat. 2011; amended Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(H), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147, related to mailing private identification documents without a disclaimer. EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL Repeal effective 90 days after Dec. 28, 2000, see section 5 of Pub. L. 106-578, set out as an Effective Date of 2000 Amendment note under section 1028 of this title. -End- -CITE- 18 USC CHAPTER 84 - PRESIDENTIAL AND PRESIDENTIAL STAFF ASSASSINATION, KIDNAPPING, AND ASSAULT 01/19/04 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 84 - PRESIDENTIAL AND PRESIDENTIAL STAFF ASSASSINATION, KIDNAPPING, AND ASSAULT -HEAD- CHAPTER 84 - PRESIDENTIAL AND PRESIDENTIAL STAFF ASSASSINATION, KIDNAPPING, AND ASSAULT -MISC1- Sec. 1751. Presidential and Presidential staff assassination, kidnapping, and assault; penalties. 1752. Temporary residences and offices of the President and others. AMENDMENTS 1994 - Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, Sec. 330021(1), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2150, which directed the amendment of this title "by striking 'kidnaping' each place it appears and inserting 'kidnapping' ", was executed by substituting "KIDNAPPING" for "KIDNAPING" in chapter heading, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, Sec. 330021(1), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2150, substituted "kidnapping" for "kidnaping" in item 1751. 1990 - Pub. L. 101-647, title XXXV, Sec. 3553, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4926, added item 1752. 1982 - Pub. L. 97-285, Sec. 4(b), (c), Oct. 6, 1982, 96 Stat. 1220, inserted "and Presidential staff" after "Presidential" in chapter heading and in item 1751. -End- -CITE- 18 USC Sec. 1751 01/19/04 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 84 - PRESIDENTIAL AND PRESIDENTIAL STAFF ASSASSINATION, KIDNAPPING, AND ASSAULT -HEAD- Sec. 1751. Presidential and Presidential staff assassination, kidnapping, and assault; penalties -STATUTE- (a) Whoever kills (1) any individual who is the President of the United States, the President-elect, the Vice President, or, if there is no Vice President, the officer next in the order of succession to the Office of the President of the United States, the Vice President-elect, or any person who is acting as President under the Constitution and laws of the United States, or (2) any person appointed under section 105(a)(2)(A) of title 3 employed in the Executive Office of the President or appointed under section 106(a)(1)(A) of title 3 employed in the Office of the Vice President, shall be punished as provided by sections 1111 and 1112 of this title. (b) Whoever kidnaps any individual designated in subsection (a) of this section shall be punished (1) by imprisonment for any term of years or for life, or (2) by death or imprisonment for any term of years or for life, if death results to such individual. (c) Whoever attempts to kill or kidnap any individual designated in subsection (a) of this section shall be punished by imprisonment for any term of years or for life. (d) If two or more persons conspire to kill or kidnap any individual designated in subsection (a) of this section and one or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each shall be punished (1) by imprisonment for any term of years or for life, or (2) by death or imprisonment for any term of years or for life, if death results to such individual. (e) Whoever assaults any person designated in subsection (a)(1) shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. Whoever assaults any person designated in subsection (a)(2) shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if the assault involved the use of a dangerous weapon, or personal injury results, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. (f) The terms "President-elect" and "Vice-President-elect" as used in this section shall mean such persons as are the apparent successful candidates for the offices of President and Vice President, respectively, as ascertained from the results of the general elections held to determine the electors of President and Vice President in accordance with title 3, United States Code, sections 1 and 2. (g) The Attorney General of the United States, in his discretion is authorized to pay an amount not to exceed $100,000 for information and services concerning a violation of subsection (a)(1). Any officer or employee of the United States or of any State or local government who furnishes information or renders service in the performance of his official duties shall not be eligible for payment under this subsection. (h) If Federal investigative or prosecutive jurisdiction is asserted for a violation of this section, such assertion shall suspend the exercise of jurisdiction by a State or local authority, under any applicable State or local law, until Federal action is terminated. (i) Violations of this section shall be investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Assistance may be requested from any Federal, State, or local agency, including the Army, Navy, and Air Force, any statute, rule, or regulation to the contrary notwithstanding. (j) In a prosecution for an offense under this section the Government need not prove that the defendant knew that the victim of the offense was an official protected by this section. (k) There is extraterritorial jurisdiction over the conduct prohibited by this section. -SOURCE- (Added Pub. L. 89-141, Sec. 1, Aug. 28, 1965, 79 Stat. 580; amended Pub. L. 97-285, Secs. 3, 4(a), Oct. 6, 1982, 96 Stat. 1220; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXII, Sec. 320101(e), title XXXIII, Secs. 330016(1)(K), (L), 330021(1), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2108, 2147, 2150; Pub. L. 104-294, title VI, Sec. 604(b)(12)(D), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3507.) -MISC1- AMENDMENTS 1996 - Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 104-294, Sec. 604(b)(12)(D), repealed Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 320101(e)(1), (2). See 1994 Amendment notes below. 1994 - Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 330021(1), substituted "kidnapping" for "kidnaping" in section catchline. Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 3

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