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10 U.S.C. § 909a — Art. 109a. Mail matter: wrongful taking, opening, etc.

submitted 10 years ago by Pub. L. 114-328 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 96 words · no verdicts yet

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This article punishes taking mail before delivery when done to obstruct correspondence or pry into someone’s business or secrets. It separately punishes wrongfully opening, hiding, destroying, or stealing such mail.

(a) A person subject to this chapter who intends to obstruct correspondence or pry into a person’s or organization’s business or secrets and wrongfully takes mail before delivery to or receipt by the addressee must be punished as a court-martial directs. (b) A person subject to this chapter who wrongfully opens, hides, destroys, or steals mail before delivery or receipt must be punished as a court-martial directs.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain
(a)Taking.—

Any person subject to this chapter who, with the intent to obstruct the correspondence of, or to pry into the business or secrets of, any person or organization, wrongfully takes mail matter before the mail matter is delivered to or received by the addressee shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

(b)Opening, Secreting, Destroying, Stealing.—

Any person subject to this chapter who wrongfully opens, secretes, destroys, or steals mail matter before the mail matter is delivered to or received by the addressee shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5421, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2946.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 2016Enacted · Pub. L. 114-328 · 130 Stat. 2946

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 114-328 on 2016-12-23.

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