                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                             PART I--CRIMES
 
                       CHAPTER 83--POSTAL SERVICE
 
Sec. 1729. Post office conducted without authority

    Whoever, without authority from the Postal Service, sets up or 
professes to keep any office or place of business bearing the sign, 
name, or title of post office, shall be fined under this title.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 785; Pub. L. 91-375, Sec. 6(j)(34), 
Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 780; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, 
Sec. 330016(1)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 302 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 
321, Sec. 179, 35 Stat. 1123).
    Minor verbal changes were made.


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ``fined under this title'' for 
``fined not more than $500''.
    1970--Pub. L. 91-375 substituted ``Postal Service'' for ``Postmaster 
General''.


                    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.
