CO129-470 - Public Offices - 1921 — Page 621

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(b) In the case of failure to comply with any subpœna

or in the case of the contumacy of any witness appearing

3 before the Secretary of Commerce, he may invoke the aid of

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any federal district court. Such court may thereupon order

5 the witness to comply with the requirements of such sub-

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1 account, record, paper, or correspondence relating to the

business or affairs of a corporation. Any person who upon

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demand refuses any duly authorized officer, employee, or

4 agent such right of access or copying, or hinders, obstructs,

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or resists him in the exercise of such right, shall be liable to

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poena, and to give evidence touching the matter in question.

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a penalty of not more than $500 for each such offense. Each

7 Any failure to obey such order may be punished by such

7 day during any part of which such offense continues shall

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court as a contempt thereof.

8 constitute a separate offense. Such penalty shall be recover-

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(c) No person shall be excused from so attending and

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able in a civil suit brought in the name of the United States,

10 testifying or deposing, nor from so producing any book,

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paper, document, or other evidence on the ground that the

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and shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States

as miscellaneous receipts.

12 testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required

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of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a pen-

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14 alty or forfeiture; but no natural person shall be prosecuted

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SEC. 19. That the Federal district courts shall have ex-

clusive original jurisdiction of all suits (except as provided by the Act entitled "An Act creating a United States Court for

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or subject to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of

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any transaction, matter, or thing as to which, in obedience to

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a subpoena and under oath, he may so testify or produce in

18 evidence, documentary or otherwise. But no person shall

19 be exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury

20 committed in so testifying.

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(d) For the efficient administration of the functions

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China and prescribing the jurisdiction thereof," approved

16 June 30, 1906, as amended) against a corporation, or a

17 stockholder, director, or officer thereof in his capacity as

18 such. Suit against the corporation may be brought in the United States Court for China, or in the district in which the

cause of action arose or in which the corporation has an agent and is engaged in doing business. A Federal district

22 vested in the Secretary of Commerce by this Act, he, or any

23 officer, employee, or agent thereof, duly authorized in writ-

24 ing by him, shall at all reasonable times for the purpose of

25 examination have access to and the right to copy any book,

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court having jurisdiction of such suit is authorized to direct

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service of process by registered mail upon the corporation.

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Any judgment, order, or decree rendered by the court in any

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such suit shall, upon the presentation of a certified copy

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