                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                             PART I--CRIMES
 
                       CHAPTER 83--POSTAL SERVICE
 
Sec. 1695. Carriage of matter out of mail on vessels

    Whoever carries any letter or packet on board any vessel which 
carries the mail, otherwise than in such mail, shall, except as 
otherwise provided by law, be fined under this title or imprisoned not 
more than thirty days, or both.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 777; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, 
Sec. 330016(1)(A), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2146.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 308 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 
321, Sec. 185, 35 Stat. 1124).
    The words ``thirty days'' were substituted for ``one month,'' to 
make the term of imprisonment more definite and to conform to other 
comparable sections. (See section 1693 of this title.)
    Minor changes were made in phraseology.


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ``fined under this title'' for 
``fined not more than $50''.


  Study of Private Carriage of Mail; Reports to President and Congress

    Congressional findings of need for study and reevaluation of 
restrictions on private carriage of letters and packets contained in 
this section and submission by United States Postal Service of reports 
to President and Congress for modernization of law, regulations, and 
administrative practices, see section 7 of Pub. L. 91-375, set out as a 
note under section 601 of Title 39, Postal Service.
