Federal · Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure

18 U.S.C. § 1736: Restrictive use of information

Civil

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This statute prohibits use of information obtained from compliance with title 39, section 3010 as evidence against a person in criminal proceedings, with exceptions for prosecutions involving false information.

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No information or evidence obtained by reason of compliance by a natural person with any provision of section 3010 of title 39 , or regulations issued thereunder, shall, except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, be used, directly or indirectly, as evidence against that person in a criminal proceeding. The fact of the performance of any act by an individual in compliance with any provision of section 3010 of title 39 , or regulations issued thereunder, shall not be deemed the admission of any fact, or otherwise be used, directly or indirectly, as evidence against that person in a criminal proceeding, except as provided in subsection (c) of this section. Subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall not preclude the use of any such information or evidence in a prosecution or other action under any applicable provision of law with respect to the furnishing of false information.

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