62 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 645-JUNE 25, 1948 § 875. INTERSTATE COMMUNICATIONS (a) Whoever transmits in interstate commerce any communication containing any demand or request for a ransom or reward for the release of any kidnapped person, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both. (b) Whoever, with intent to extort from any person, firm, associa- tion, or corporation, any money or other thing of value, transmits in interstate commerce any communication containing any threat to kidnap any person or any threat to injure the person of another, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both. (c) Whoever transmits in interstate commerce any communication containing any threat to kidnap any person or any threat to injure the person of another, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or impris- oned not more than five years, or both. (d) Whoever, with intent to extort from any person, firm, associa- tion, or corporation, any money or other thing of value, transmits in interstate commerce any communication containing any threat to injure the property or reputation of the addressee or of another or the reputation of a deceased person or any threat to accuse the addressee or any other person of a crime, shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. § 876. MAILING THREATENING COMMUNICATIONS Whoever knowingly deposits in any post office or authorized deposi- tory for mail matter, to be sent or delivered by the Post Office Depart- ment or knowingly causes to be delivered by the Post Office Depart- ment according to the direction thereon, any communication, with or without a name or designating mark subscribed thereto, addressed to any other person, and containing any demand or request for ran- som or reward for the release of any kidnaped person, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both. Whoever, with intent to extort from any person any money or other thing of value, so deposits, or causes to be delivered, as aforesaid, any communication containing any threat to kidnap any person or any threat to injure the person of the addressee or of another, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both. Whoever knowingly so deposits or causes to be delivered as aforesaid, any communication with or without a name or designating mark sub- scribed thereto, addressed to any other person and containing any threat to kidnap any person or any threat to injure the person of the addressee or of another, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or impris- oned not more than five years, or both. Whoever, with intent to extort from any person any money or other thing of value, knowingly so deposits or causes to be delivered, as aforesaid, any communication, with or without a name or designating mark subscribed thereto, addressed to any other person and containing any threat to injure the property or reputation of the addressee or of another, or the reputation of a deceased person, or any threat to accuse the addressee or any other person of a crime, shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. § 877. MAILING THREATENING COMMUNICATIONS FROM FOREIGN COUNTRY Whoever knowingly deposits in any post office or authorized deposi- tory for mail matter of any foreign country any communication addressed to any person within the United States, for the purpose of having such communication delivered by the post office establishment 741
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