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[84 STAT. 927]
PUBLIC LAW 91-000—MMMM. DD, 1970
[84 STAT. 927]

84 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 91-452-OCT. 15, 1970

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authorized to issue subpenas and to take testimony or receive other information from witnesses under oath; and "(4) 'court of the United States' means any of the following courts: the Supreme Court of the United States, a United States court of appeals, a United States district court established under chapter 5, title 28, United States Code, the District of Columbia 6 2 Stat. 872; Court of Appeals, the Superior Court of the District of Colum- ^"^tifscVu bia, the District Court of Guam, the District Court of the Virgin Islands, the United States Court of Claims, the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, the Tax Court of the United States, the Customs Court, and the Court of Military Appeals. "§ 6002. Immunity generally "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 part, the witness may not refuse to comply with the order on the basis of his privilege against selfincrimination; 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. "§ 6003. Court and grand jury proceedings " (a) In the case of any individual who has been or may be called to testify or provide other information at any proceeding before or ancillary to a court of the United States or a grand jury or the United States, the United States district court for the judicial district in which the proceeding is or may be held shall issue, in accordance with subsection (b) of this section, upon the request of the United States attorney for such district, an order requiring such individual to give testimony or provide other information which he refuses to give or provide on the basis of his privilege against self-incrimination, such order to become effective as provided in section 6002 of this part. "(b) A United States attorney may, with the approval of the Attorney General, the Deputy Attorney General, or any designated Assistant Attorney General, request an order under subsection (a) of this section when in his judgment— "(1) the testimony or other information from such individual may be necessary to the public interest; and " (2) such individual has refused or is likely to refuse to testify or provide other information on the basis of his privilege against self-incrimination.

  • '§ 6004. Certain administrative proceedings

" (a) I n the case of any individual who has been or who may be called to testify or provide other information at any proceeding before an agency of the United States, the agency may, with the approval of the Attorney General, issue, in accordance with subsection (b) of this section, an order requiring the individual to give testimony or provide other information which ne refuses to give or provide on the basis of his privilege against self-incrimination, such order to become effective as provided in section 6002 of this part.