                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                             PART I--CRIMES
 
                       CHAPTER 83--POSTAL SERVICE
 
Sec. 1736. Restrictive use of information

    (a) 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.
    (b) 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.
    (c) 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.

(Added Pub. L. 91-375, Sec. 6(j)(37)(A), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 781.)


                             Effective Date

    Section effective on first day of sixth month which begins after 
Aug. 12, 1970, see section 15(b) of Pub. L. 91-375, set out as a note 
preceding section 101 of Title 39, Postal Service.
