                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                       PART II--CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                   CHAPTER 223--WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE
 
Sec. 3507. Special master at foreign deposition

    Upon application of a party to a criminal case, a United States 
district court before which the case is pending may, to the extent 
permitted by a foreign country, appoint a special master to carry out at 
a deposition taken in that country such duties as the court may direct, 
including presiding at the deposition or serving as an advisor on 
questions of United States law. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, a special master appointed under this section shall not decide 
questions of privilege under foreign law. The refusal of a court to 
appoint a special master under this section, or of the foreign country 
to permit a special master appointed under this section to carry out a 
duty at a deposition in that country, shall not affect the admissibility 
in evidence of a deposition taken under the provisions of the Federal 
Rules of Criminal Procedure.

(Added Pub. L. 98-473, title II, Sec. 1217(a), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 
2166.)


                             Effective Date

    Section effective 30 days after Oct. 12, 1984, see section 1220 of 
Pub. L. 98-473, set out as a note under section 3505 of this title.
