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Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Chapter 92 — Year 2000 Computer Date Change

§ 6616. Admissible evidence ultimate issue in State courts

Statutory text

Any party to a Y2K action in a State court in a State that has not adopted a rule of evidence substantially similar to Rule 704 of the Federal Rules of Evidence may introduce in such action evidence that would be admissible if Rule 704 applied in that jurisdiction.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Y2K Act

    Pub. L. 106–37 § 17 · 113 Stat. 185

    Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 6616

    (Pub. L. 106–37, § 17, July 20, 1999, 113 Stat. 202.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 106–37, § 17, July 20, 1999, 113 Stat. 202.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 17. 15 USC 6616. ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE ULTIMATE ISSUE IN STATE COURTS. Any party to a Y2K action in a State court in a State that has not adopted a rule of evidence substantially similar to Rule 704 of the Federal Rules of Evidence may introduce in such action evidence that would be admissible if Rule 704 applied in that jurisdiction.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Rule 704 of the Federal Rules of Evidence, referred to in text, is set out in the Appendix to Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

Credits

(Pub. L. 106–37, § 17, , 113 Stat. 202.)

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