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Code · U.S. Code · Title 10 - ARMED FORCES · CHAPTER 47— UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE · SUBCHAPTER X— PUNITIVE ARTICLES · § 909a

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§ 909a. Art. 109a. Mail matter: wrongful taking, opening, etc.

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(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.

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

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Public Law 114-328
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017

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Public Law 114–328
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes

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Sec. 5421
WRONGFUL TAKING, OPENING, ETC. OF MAIL MATTER

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Article 1. Definitions
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