<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="id955d8e3c-850f-11e8-92d7-ea368389de6a" identifier="/us/usc/t39/s5403"><num value="5403">§ 5403.</num><heading> Fines</heading>
<chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">The Postal Service may impose or remit fines on carriers transporting mail by air on routes extending beyond the borders of the United States for—</chapeau><paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="id955d8e3d-850f-11e8-92d7-ea368389de6a" identifier="/us/usc/t39/s5403/1"><num value="1">(1)</num><content> unreasonable or unnecessary delay to mail; and</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="id955d8e3e-850f-11e8-92d7-ea368389de6a" identifier="/us/usc/t39/s5403/2"><num value="2">(2)</num><content> other delinquencies in the transportation of the mail.</content>
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<sourceCredit id="id955d8e3f-850f-11e8-92d7-ea368389de6a">(<ref href="/us/pl/91/375">Pub. L. 91–375</ref>, <date date="1970-08-12">Aug. 12, 1970</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/84/773">84 Stat. 773</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="effectiveDate" id="id955d8e41-850f-11e8-92d7-ea368389de6a"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Effective Date</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Section effective <date date="1971-07-01">July 1, 1971</date>, pursuant to Resolution No. 71–9 of the Board of Governors. See <ref href="/us/pl/91/375/s15/a">section 15(a) of Pub. L. 91–375</ref>, set out as a note preceding <ref href="/us/usc/t39/s101">section 101 of this title</ref>.</p>
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