{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/s1736","title_num":"18","num":"§ 1736.","heading":"Restrictive use of information","status":null,"guid":"idbd2f43b9-4aa6-11eb-bce4-d6beeb6aa2d0","source_credit":"(Added Pub. L. 91–375, § 6(j)(37)(A), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 781.)","seq_in_title":657,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch83","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18","level":"title","num":"Title 18—","heading":"CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI","level":"part","num":"PART I—","heading":"CRIMES","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch83","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 83—","heading":"POSTAL SERVICE","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id74ccc7dd-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s1736\"><num value=\"1736\">§ 1736.</num><heading> Restrictive use of information</heading><subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\" id=\"id74ccc7de-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s1736/a\"><num value=\"a\">(a)</num><content> No information or evidence obtained by reason of compliance by a natural person with any provision of <ref href=\"/us/usc/t39/s3010\">section 3010 of title 39</ref>, 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.</content>\n</subsection>\n<subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\" id=\"id74ccc7df-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s1736/b\"><num value=\"b\">(b)</num><content> The fact of the performance of any act by an individual in compliance with any provision of <ref href=\"/us/usc/t39/s3010\">section 3010 of title 39</ref>, 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.</content>\n</subsection>\n<subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\" id=\"id74ccc7e0-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s1736/c\"><num value=\"c\">(c)</num><content> 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.</content>\n</subsection>\n<sourceCredit id=\"id74ccc7e1-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">(Added <ref href=\"/us/pl/91/375/s6/j/37/A\">Pub. L. 91–375, § 6(j)(37)(A)</ref>, <date date=\"1970-08-12\">Aug. 12, 1970</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/84/781\">84 Stat. 781</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id74ccc7e2-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"statutoryNotes\" id=\"id74ccc7e3-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"effectiveDate\" id=\"id74ccc7e4-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Effective Date</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Section effective on first day of sixth month which begins after <date date=\"1970-08-12\">Aug. 12, 1970</date>, see <ref href=\"/us/pl/91/375/s15/b\">section 15(b) of Pub. L. 91–375</ref>, set out as a note preceding <ref href=\"/us/usc/t39/s101\">section 101 of Title 39</ref>, Postal Service.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-214","currency_date":"2020-12-05","congress":116,"law_num":214,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":218,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["02","09","11a","15","16","18","18a","20","21","22","28a","31","37","38","39","40","41","51","52","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}