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title: "18 U.S.C. § 3503"
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# 18 U.S.C. § 3503 - Repealed. Pub. L. 107–273, div. B, title IV, § 4002(c)(3)(A), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1809]

## Notes

Section, added Pub. L. 91–452, title VI, § 601(a), Oct. 15, 1970, 84 Stat. 934, related to depositions to preserve testimony.