2011 US Code
Title 18 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Part V - IMMUNITY OF WITNESSES (§§ 6001 - 6005)
Chapter 601 - IMMUNITY OF WITNESSES (§§ 6001 - 6005)
Section 6002 - Immunity generally
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART V - IMMUNITY OF WITNESSES CHAPTER 601 - IMMUNITY OF WITNESSES Sec. 6002 - Immunity generally |
Contains | section 6002 |
Date | 2011 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Added Pub. L. 91-452, title II, §201(a), Oct. 15, 1970, 84 Stat. 927; amended Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, §330013(4), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2146. |
Statutes at Large References | 84 Stat. 927 108 Stat. 2146 |
Public Law References | Public Law 91-452, Public Law 103-322 |
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Whenever a witness refuses, on the basis of his privilege against self-incrimination, to testify or provide other information in a proceeding before or ancillary to—
(1) a court or grand jury of the United States,
(2) an agency of the United States, or
(3) either House of Congress, a joint committee of the two Houses, or a committee or a subcommittee of either House,
and the person presiding over the proceeding communicates to the witness an order issued under this title, the witness may not refuse to comply with the order on the basis of his privilege against self-incrimination; but no testimony or other information compelled under the order (or any information directly or indirectly derived from such testimony or other information) may be used against the witness in any criminal case, except a prosecution for perjury, giving a false statement, or otherwise failing to comply with the order.
(Added Pub. L. 91–452, title II, §201(a), Oct. 15, 1970, 84 Stat. 927; amended Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §330013(4), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2146.)
Amendments1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “under this title” for “under this part” in concluding provisions.
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