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SECTION 12-5.1-10

   § 12-5.1-10  Disclosure and use ofintercepted wire or oral communications. – (a) Any investigative or law enforcement officer who, by any means authorizedby this chapter, has obtained knowledge of the contents of any wire,electronic, or oral communication, or evidence derived from them, may disclosethe contents to another investigative or law enforcement officer to the extentthat disclosure is appropriate to the proper performance of the official dutiesof the officer making or receiving the disclosure.

   (b) Any investigative or law enforcement officer who, by anymeans authorized by this chapter, has obtained knowledge of the contents of anywire, electronic, or oral communication or evidence derived from them may usethe contents to the extent that their use is appropriate to the properperformance of his or her official duties.

   (c) Any person who has received, by any means authorized bythis chapter, any information concerning a wire, electronic, or oralcommunication, or evidence derived from them intercepted in accordance with theprovisions of this chapter may disclose the contents of that communication orthe derivative evidence while giving testimony under oath or affirmation in anycriminal proceeding in any court of the United States or of this or any otherstate or in any federal or state grand jury proceeding.

   (d) No otherwise privileged wire, electronic, or oralcommunication intercepted in accordance with, or in violation of, theprovisions of this chapter shall lose its privileged character.

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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-12 > Chapter-12-5-1 > 12-5-1-10

SECTION 12-5.1-10

   § 12-5.1-10  Disclosure and use ofintercepted wire or oral communications. – (a) Any investigative or law enforcement officer who, by any means authorizedby this chapter, has obtained knowledge of the contents of any wire,electronic, or oral communication, or evidence derived from them, may disclosethe contents to another investigative or law enforcement officer to the extentthat disclosure is appropriate to the proper performance of the official dutiesof the officer making or receiving the disclosure.

   (b) Any investigative or law enforcement officer who, by anymeans authorized by this chapter, has obtained knowledge of the contents of anywire, electronic, or oral communication or evidence derived from them may usethe contents to the extent that their use is appropriate to the properperformance of his or her official duties.

   (c) Any person who has received, by any means authorized bythis chapter, any information concerning a wire, electronic, or oralcommunication, or evidence derived from them intercepted in accordance with theprovisions of this chapter may disclose the contents of that communication orthe derivative evidence while giving testimony under oath or affirmation in anycriminal proceeding in any court of the United States or of this or any otherstate or in any federal or state grand jury proceeding.

   (d) No otherwise privileged wire, electronic, or oralcommunication intercepted in accordance with, or in violation of, theprovisions of this chapter shall lose its privileged character.


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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-12 > Chapter-12-5-1 > 12-5-1-10

SECTION 12-5.1-10

   § 12-5.1-10  Disclosure and use ofintercepted wire or oral communications. – (a) Any investigative or law enforcement officer who, by any means authorizedby this chapter, has obtained knowledge of the contents of any wire,electronic, or oral communication, or evidence derived from them, may disclosethe contents to another investigative or law enforcement officer to the extentthat disclosure is appropriate to the proper performance of the official dutiesof the officer making or receiving the disclosure.

   (b) Any investigative or law enforcement officer who, by anymeans authorized by this chapter, has obtained knowledge of the contents of anywire, electronic, or oral communication or evidence derived from them may usethe contents to the extent that their use is appropriate to the properperformance of his or her official duties.

   (c) Any person who has received, by any means authorized bythis chapter, any information concerning a wire, electronic, or oralcommunication, or evidence derived from them intercepted in accordance with theprovisions of this chapter may disclose the contents of that communication orthe derivative evidence while giving testimony under oath or affirmation in anycriminal proceeding in any court of the United States or of this or any otherstate or in any federal or state grand jury proceeding.

   (d) No otherwise privileged wire, electronic, or oralcommunication intercepted in accordance with, or in violation of, theprovisions of this chapter shall lose its privileged character.