Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 28 : Section 1733


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 1733. Government records and papers; copies

      (a) Books or records of account or minutes of proceedings of any
    department or agency of the United States shall be admissible to
    prove the act, transaction or occurrence as a memorandum of which
    the same were made or kept.
      (b) Properly authenticated copies or transcripts of any books,
    records, papers or documents of any department or agency of the
    United States shall be admitted in evidence equally with the
    originals thereof.
      (c) This section does not apply to cases, actions, and
    proceedings to which the Federal Rules of Evidence apply.



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