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[CITE: 12USC4223]

 
                       TITLE 12--BANKS AND BANKING
 
    CHAPTER 43--ACTIONS AGAINST PERSONS COMMITTING BANK FRAUD CRIMES
 
SUBCHAPTER II--DECLARATIONS PROVIDING UNITED STATES WITH NEW INFORMATION 
                      CONCERNING RECOVERY OF ASSETS
 
Sec. 4223. Confidentiality of declarations


(a) Period of confidentiality

    A declarant and the declarant's agents shall not disclose the 
existence or filing of a declaration filed pursuant to section 4221 of 
this title until:
        (1) the declarant receives notice that the Attorney General has 
    concluded that an action should not be pursued under section 4226(b) 
    of this title;
        (2) the declarant receives notice of an award pursuant to 
    section 4226(c) of this title; or
        (3) the declarant is granted a contract to pursue an action 
    under section 4225(b) or 4227 of this title.

(b) Maintenance of confidentiality to prevent prejudice

    (1) Notwithstanding any other law, the contents of a declaration 
shall not be disclosed by the declarant if the disclosure would 
prejudice or compromise in any way the completion of any government 
investigation or any criminal or civil case that may arise out of, or 
make use of, information contained in a declaration, but information 
contained in a declaration may be disclosed as required by duly issued 
and authorized legal process.
    (2) The Attorney General may in a circumstance described in 
paragraph (1) notify a declarant that continued confidentiality is 
required under this subsection notwithstanding paragraph (1) or (2) of 
subsection (a) of this section.

(c) Loss of rights

    A declarant who discloses, except as provided by this subchapter, 
the existence or filing of a declaration or the contents thereof to 
anyone other than a duly authorized Federal or State investigator or the 
declarant's attorney shall immediately lose all rights under this 
subchapter.

(Pub. L. 101-647, title XXV, Sec. 2578, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4900.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 4224, 4225, 4226 of this 
title.
