18 U.S.C. § 1723 — Avoidance of postage by using lower class matter

submitted 78 years ago by ch. 645 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 118 words · no verdicts yet

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Matter mailed in a lower class that contains extra writing or printing must be charged at the first-class rate, unless postage is remitted as authorized. Knowingly hiding higher-class matter inside lower-class matter to pay less postage is punishable by a fine.

Matter of the second, third, or fourth class containing any writing or printing in addition to the original matter, other than as authorized by law, must not be admitted to the mails, nor delivered, except upon payment of postage for matter of the first class, deducting therefrom any amount which may have been prepaid by stamps affixed, unless by direction of a duly authorized officer of the Postal Service that postage is remitted. Whoever knowingly conceals or incloses any matter of a higher class in that of a lower class, and deposits the same for conveyance by mail, at a less rate than would be charged for that higher class matter, is fined under this title.

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Matter of the second, third, or fourth class containing any writing or printing in addition to the original matter, other than as authorized by law, shall not be admitted to the mails, nor delivered, except upon payment of postage for matter of the first class, deducting therefrom any amount which may have been prepaid by stamps affixed, unless by direction of a duly authorized officer of the Postal Service such postage shall be remitted.

Whoever knowingly conceals or incloses any matter of a higher class in that of a lower class, and deposits the same for conveyance by mail, at a less rate than would be charged for such higher class matter, shall be fined under this title.

Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 784; Pub. L. 91–375, § 6(j)(31), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 780; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(B), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2146.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 645 · 62 Stat. 784
1970Amended · Pub. L. 91-375 · 84 Stat. 780
1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2146

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 645 on 1948-06-25.

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