{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/s1698","title_num":"18","num":"§ 1698.","heading":"Prompt delivery of mail from vessel","status":null,"guid":"idbd168bfa-4aa6-11eb-bce4-d6beeb6aa2d0","source_credit":"(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 777; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §§ 330004(10), 330016(1)(C), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2141, 2146.)","seq_in_title":614,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch83","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18","level":"title","num":"Title 18—","heading":"CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI","level":"part","num":"PART I—","heading":"CRIMES","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch83","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 83—","heading":"POSTAL SERVICE","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id74c3515e-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s1698\"><num value=\"1698\">§ 1698.</num><heading> Prompt delivery of mail from vessel</heading><content>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">Whoever, having charge or control of any vessel passing between ports or places in the United States, and arriving at any such port or place where there is a post office, fails to deliver to the postmaster or at the post office, within three hours after his arrival, if in the daytime, and if at night, within two hours after the next sunrise, all letters and packages brought by him or within his power or control and not relating to the cargo, addressed to or destined for such port or place, shall be fined under this title.</p>\n</content><sourceCredit id=\"id74c3515f-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">(<ref href=\"/us/act/1948-06-25/ch645\">June 25, 1948, ch. 645</ref>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/62/777\">62 Stat. 777</ref>; <ref href=\"/us/pl/103/322/tXXXIII\">Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII</ref>, §§ 330004(10), 330016(1)(C), <date date=\"1994-09-13\">Sept. 13, 1994</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/108/2141\">108 Stat. 2141</ref>, 2146.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id74c35160-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"historicalAndRevision\" id=\"id74c35161-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Historical and Revision Notes</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed. § 323 (<ref href=\"/us/act/1909-03-04/ch321/s200\">Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 200</ref>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/35/1126\">35 Stat. 1126</ref>).</p>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Changes were made in phraseology.</p>\n</note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"editorialNotes\" id=\"id74c35162-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Editorial Notes</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"amendments\" id=\"id74c35163-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Amendments</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">1994—<ref href=\"/us/pl/103/322/s330016/1/C\">Pub. L. 103–322, § 330016(1)(C)</ref>, substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $150”.</p>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\"><ref href=\"/us/pl/103/322/s330004/10\">Pub. L. 103–322, § 330004(10)</ref>, struck out second par. which read as follows: “For each letter or package so delivered he shall receive two cents unless the same is carried under contract.”</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-214","currency_date":"2020-12-05","congress":116,"law_num":214,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":218,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["02","09","11a","15","16","18","18a","20","21","22","28a","31","37","38","39","40","41","51","52","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}