18-U.S.C.-3491
§3491 – Foreign Documents
Pathway
Title 18 > Part II > Chapter 223 > Section 3491
Details
- Reference: Section 3491
- Legend: §3491 – Foreign Documents
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
Any book, paper, statement, record, account, writing, or other document, or any portion thereof, of whatever character and in whatever form, as well as any copy thereof equally with the original, which is not in the United States shall, when duly certified as provided in section 3494 of this title, be admissible in evidence in any criminal action or proceeding in any court of the United States if the court shall find, from all the testimony taken with respect to such foreign document pursuant to a commission executed under section 3492 of this title, that such document (or the original thereof in case such document is a copy) satisfies the authentication requirements of the Federal Rules of Evidence, unless in the event that the genuineness of such document is denied, any party to such criminal action or proceeding making such denial shall establish to the satisfaction of the court that such document is not genuine. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to require authentication under the provisions of section 3494 of this title of any such foreign documents which may otherwise be properly authenticated by law.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 834; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, §52, 63 Stat. 96; Pub. L. 88–619, §2, Oct. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 995; Pub. L. 94–149, §3, Dec. 12, 1975, 89 Stat. 806.)
Historical and Revision Notes
1948 Act
Based on section 695a of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Judicial Code and Judiciary (June 20, 1936, ch. 640, §2, 49 Stat. 1562.)
1949 Act
This section [section 52] corrects section 3491 of title 18, U.S.C., so that the references therein will be to the correct section numbers in title 28, U.S.C., as revised and enacted in 1948.
References in Text
The Federal Rules of Evidence, referred to in text, are set out in the Appendix to Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.
Amendments
1975—Pub. L. 94–149 substituted the authentication requirements of the Federal Rules of Evidence for the requirements of section 1732 of Title 28.
1964—Pub. L. 88–619 struck out and section 1741 of Title 28 after section 3494 of this title in two places.
1949—Act May 24, 1949, substituted section 1741 for section 695e and section 1732 for section 695 wherever appearing.
U.S. Encyclopedia of Law Coverage
18-U.S.C.-3483 in the Legal Encyclopedia: Criminal Procedure
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