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Section 12 Larceny of postal packets, &c

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

Every person who—

(1)

steals a mail bag ; or

(2)

steals from a mail bag, post office, officer of the Post Office, or mail, any postal packet in course of transmission by post; or

(3)

steals any chattel, money or valuable security out of a postal packet in course of transmission by post; or

(4)

stops a mail with intent to rob the mail;

shall be guilty of felony and on conviction thereof liable to penal servitude for life.