                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                             PART I--CRIMES
 
                       CHAPTER 83--POSTAL SERVICE
 
Sec. 1732. Approval of bond or sureties by postmaster

    Whoever, being a postmaster, affixes his signature to the approval 
of any bond of a bidder, or to the certificate of sufficiency of 
sureties in any contract, before the said bond or contract is signed by 
the bidder or contractor and his sureties, or knowingly, or without the 
exercise of due diligence, approves any bond of a bidder with 
insufficient sureties, or knowingly makes any false or fraudulent 
certificate, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 
one year, or both; and shall be dismissed from office and disqualified 
from holding the office of postmaster.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 785; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, 
Sec. 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 352 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 
321, Sec. 222, 35 Stat. 1133).
    Minor verbal changes were made.


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ``fined under this title'' for 
``fined not more than $5,000''.
