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[84 STAT. 625]
PUBLIC LAW 91-000—MMMM. DD, 1970
[84 STAT. 625]

84 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 91-358-JULY 29, 1970

"(2) the parties to the action have been served with a copy of the order and accompanying application under which the interception was authorized or approved. This ten-day period may be waived by court order where a court finds that it was not possible to furnish the party with the above information ten days before the trial, hearing, or proceeding and that the party will not be prejudiced by the delay in receiving the information. " (b) Any aggrieved person in any trial, hearing, or proceeding in or before any court, department, officer, agenc;^, regulatory body, or other authority of the United States or the District of Columbia, may move to suppress the contents of any intercepted wire or oral communication, or evidence derived therefrom, on the grounds that— "(1) the communication was unlawfully intercepted; " (2) the order of authorization or approval under which it was intercepted is insufficient on its face; "(3) the interception was not made in conformity with the order of authorization or approval; "(4) service was not made as provided in section 23-547; or "(5) the seal prescribed by subsection (i) of this section is not present and there is no satisfactory explanation for its absence. The motion shall be made before the trial, hearing or proceeding unless there was no opportunity to make the motion or the person was not aware of the grounds of the motion. If the motion is granted, the contents of the intercepted wire or oral communication, or evidence derived therefrom, shall be treated as having been obtained in violation of this subchapter and shall not be received in evidence in the trial, hearing, or proceeding. The judge, upon the filing of the motion by the aggrieved person, may in his discretion make available to the aggrieved person or his counsel for inspection such portions of the intercepted communication or evidence derived therefrom as the judge determines to be in the interests of justice. "§23-552. Government appeals " I n addition to any other right to appeal, the United States or the District of Columbia, as the case may be, shall have the right to appeal from an order granting a motion to suppress made under section 23-551 or from the denial of an application for an order of approval, if the United States or the District of Columbia, as the case may be, shall certify to the judge or other official granting such motion or denying the application that the appeal is not taken for purposes of delay. Appeal shall be taken within thirty days after the date the order was entered and shall be diligently prosecuted. "§23-553. Authorization for disclosure and use of intercepted wire or oral communications "(a) Any investigative or law enforcement officer who, by any authorized means and in conformity with this subchapter, has obtained knowledge of the contents of any wire or oral communication, or evidence derived therefrom, may disclose or use such contents or evidence to the extent that such disclosure or use is appropriate to the proper performance of his official duties. " (b) Any person who, by any authorized means and in conformity with this subchapter, has obtained knowledge of the contents of any wire or oral communication intercepted in accordance with this subchapter, or other lawful authority, or evidence derived therefrom, may disclose the contents of such communication or evidence while giving testimony under oath or affirmation in any criminal trial, hearing, or proceeding before any grand jury or court.

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