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66 Stat. 325. 62 Stat. 778.
PUBLIC LAW 91-375-AUG. 12, 1970
[84 STAT.
^^^^ Section 1303 is amended by striking out "a postmaster or other person employed in" and inserting in lieu thereof "an officer or employee of". (11) Section 1341 is amended by striking out "Post Office Department" and inserting in lieu thereof "Postal Service". (12) Section 1342 is amended by striking out "Post Office Department of the United States" and inserting in lieu thereof "Postal Service". (13) Section 1463 is amended by striking out "Postmaster General" in section 1463 and inserting in lieu thereof "Postal Service". (14) Section 1696(c) is amended by striking out "section 500 of title 39" and inserting in lieu thereof "section 601 of title 39". (15) Section 1699 is amended by striking out "Postmaster General" wherever appearing therein and inserting in lieu thereof "Postal Service". (^g) ( ^) Subsection (a) of section 1703 is amended to read as follows: " (a) Whoever, being a Postal Service officer or employee, unlawfully secretes, destroys, detains, delays, or opens any letter, postal card, package, bag, or mail entrusted to him or which shall come into his possession, and which was intended to be conveyed by mail, or carried or delivered by any carrier or other employee of the Postal Service, or forwarded through or delivered from any post office or station thereof established by authority of the Postmaster General or the Pdstal Service, shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.". (B) Subsection (b) of section 1703 is amended by striking out the phrase "postmaster or Postal Service employee" wherever it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "Postal Service officer or employee". (17) Section 1704 is amended by inserting "or the Postal Service" after the words "Post Office Department" wherever they appear. (18) Section 1707 is amended by striking out "Post Office Department" and inserting in lieu thereof "Postal Service". (19)(A) Section 1709 is amended to read as follows: "§ 1709. Theft of mail matter by officer or employee "Whoever, being a Postal Service officer or employee, embezzles any letter, postal card, package, bag, or mail, or any article or thing contained therein entrusted to him or which comes into his possession intended to be conveyed by mail, or carried or delivered by any carrier, messenger, agent, or other person employed in any department of the Postal Service, or forwarded through or delivered from any post office or station thereof established by authority of the Postmaster General or of the Postal Service; or steals, abstracts, or removes from any such letter, package, bag, or mail, any article or thing contained therein, shall be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.". (B) The analysis of chapter 83 is amended by striking out— "1709. Theft of mail matter by postmaster or employee."
and inserting in lieu thereof— "1709. Theft of mail matter by officer or employee.".
(20) Section 1710 is amended by striking out "postmaster or Postal Service employee" and inserting in lieu thereof "Postal Service officer or employee". (21) Section 1711 is amended— (A) by striking out the phrase "postmaster or Postal Service employee" and inserting in lieu thereof "Postal Service officer or employee";
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