; statements After an order under this subchapter granting expungement of an individual’s criminal records, that individual is not required to divulge information pertaining to the expunged conviction. The fact that such individual has been convicted of the criminal offense concerned shall not operate as a disqualification of that individual to pursue or engage in any lawful activity, occupation, or profession. Such individual is not guilty of any perjury, false answering, or making a false statement by reason of that individual’s failure to recite or acknowledge such arrest or institution of criminal proceedings, or results thereof, in response to an inquiry made of that individual for any purpose. (c) Records To be destroyed Except as provided in section 3635, upon order of expungement, all official law enforcement and court records, including all references to such person’s arrest for the offense, the institution of criminal proceedings against the individual, and the results thereof, except publicly available court opinions or briefs on appeal, shall be permanently destroyed. 3635. Disclosure of expunged records (a) Index To assist authorized disclosure The Department of Justice shall maintain a nonpublic manual or computerized record of expungement under this subchapter containing only the name of, and alphanumeric identifiers selected by the Department of Justice that relate to, the persons who obtained expungement under this subchapter, and the order of expungement. (b) Authorized disclosure to individual Information in the index shall be made available only to the individual to whose expungement it pertains or to such individual’s designated agent. (c) Punishment for improper disclosure Whoever knowingly discloses information relating to an expunged conviction other than as authorized in this subchapter shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. . (c) Clerical amendment The table of subchapters at the beginning of chapter 229 of title 18, United States Code, is amended