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[CITE: 39USC606]

 
                        TITLE 39--POSTAL SERVICE
 
                             PART I--GENERAL
 
                 CHAPTER 6--PRIVATE CARRIAGE OF LETTERS
 
Sec. 606. Disposition of seized mail

    Every package or parcel seized by an officer or employee of the 
Postal Service performing duties related to the inspection of postal 
matters, a customs officer, or United States marshal or his deputies, in 
which a letter is unlawfully concealed, shall be forfeited to the United 
States. The same proceedings may be used to enforce forfeitures as are 
authorized in respect of goods, wares, and merchandise forfeited for 
violation of the revenue laws. Laws for the benefit and protection of 
customs officers making seizures for violating revenue laws apply to 
officers and employees making seizures for violating the postal laws.

(Pub. L. 91-375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 728.)
