                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                             PART I--CRIMES
 
                       CHAPTER 83--POSTAL SERVICE
 
Sec. 1692. Foreign mail as United States mail

    Every foreign mail, while being transported across the territory of 
the United States under authority of law, is mail of the United States, 
and any depredation thereon, or offense in respect thereto, shall be 
punishable as though it were United States mail.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 776.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 359 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 
321, Sec. 229, 35 Stat. 1134).
    Minor changes were made in phraseology and obvious surplusage 
omitted.
