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title: "39 U.S.C. § 5601"
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title_number: 39
title_name: "POSTAL SERVICE"
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chapter_name: "TRANSPORTATION OF MAIL BY VESSEL"
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# 39 U.S.C. § 5601 - Sea post service

## Text

The Postal Service may maintain sea post service on ocean vessels conveying mail to and from the United States.

(Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 773.)

## Notes

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective DateSection effective July 1, 1971, pursuant to Resolution No. 71–9 of the Board of Governors. See section 15(a) of Pub. L. 91–375, set out as a note preceding section 101 of this title.