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[CITE: 50USC1827]

 
                   TITLE 50--WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
              CHAPTER 36--FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE
 
                    SUBCHAPTER II--PHYSICAL SEARCHES
 
Sec. 1827. Penalties


(a) Prohibited activities

    A person is guilty of an offense if he intentionally--
        (1) under color of law for the purpose of obtaining foreign 
    intelligence information, executes a physical search within the 
    United States except as authorized by statute; or
        (2) discloses or uses information obtained under color of law by 
    physical search within the United States, knowing or having reason 
    to know that the information was obtained through physical search 
    not authorized by statute, for the purpose of obtaining intelligence 
    information.

(b) Defense

    It is a defense to a prosecution under subsection (a) of this 
section that the defendant was a law enforcement or investigative 
officer engaged in the course of his official duties and the physical 
search was authorized by and conducted pursuant to a search warrant or 
court order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

(c) Fine or imprisonment

    An offense described in this section is punishable by a fine of not 
more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than five years, or both.

(d) Federal jurisdiction

    There is Federal jurisdiction over an offense under this section if 
the person committing the offense was an officer or employee of the 
United States at the time the offense was committed.

(Pub. L. 95-511, title III, Sec. 307, as added Pub. L. 103-359, title 
VIII, Sec. 807(a)(3), Oct. 14, 1994, 108 Stat. 3452.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1828 of this title.
