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 73d C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 652. JUNE 19, 1934 . re strict ion, o r cond ition made o r impo sed by any in ternat ional radio or wire communications treaty or convention, or regulations annexed thereto, to which the United States is or may hereafter become a party, shall, in addition to any other penalties provided by law, be punished, upon conviction thereof, by a fine of not more than $500 for each and every day during which such offense occurs. FORFEITUHE IN CASES OF REBATES AND OFFSETS SEC. 503 . Any person who shall deliver messages for interstate or foreign transmission to any carrier, or for whom as sender or receive r, any such carrie r shal l tran smit an y inte rstate or fo reign wire or radio communication, who shall knowingly by employee, agent, of ficer, or otherwis e, direct ly or ind irectly, by or thr ough any means or device whatsoever, receive or accept from such common carrier any sum of money or any other valuable consideration as a rebate or offset against the regular charges for transmission of such messages as fixed by the schedules of charges provided for in this Act, shall in addition to any other penalty provided by this Act forfeit to the United States a sum of money three times the amount of money so received or accepted and three times the value of any other consideration so received or accepted, to be ascertained by the trial court ; and in the trial of said action all such rebates or other considerations so received or accepted for a period of six years prior to the commencement of the action, may be included therein, and the amount recovered shall be three times the total amount of money, or three times the total value of such consideration, so received or accepted, or both, as the case may be. PROVISIONS RELATING TO FORFEITURES SEC. 504. The forfeitures provided for in this Act shall he payable into the Treasury of the United States, and shall be recoverable in a civil suit in the name of the United States, brought in the district where the person or carrier has its principal operating office, or in any district through which the line or system of the carrier runs. Such forfeitures shall be in addition to any other general or specific penalties herein provided. It shall be the duty of the various district attorneys, under the direction of the Attorney General of the United States, to prosecute for the recovery of forfeitures under this Act. The costs and expenses of such prosecutions shall be paid from the appropriation for the expenses of the courts of the United States. VENUE OF OFFENSES SE C. 505. The trial of any offense under this Act shall be in the district in which it is committed ; or if the offense is committed upon the high seas, or out of the jurisdiction of any particular State or district, the trial shall be in the district where the offender may be found or into which he shall be first brought. Whenever the offense is begun in one jurisdiction and completed in another it may be dealt with, inquired of, tried, determined, and punished in either jurisdic- tion in the same manner as if the offense had been actually and wholly committed therein. TITLE VI-MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS TRANSFER TO COMM ISSION OF DUTIES, POWERS, AND FUNC TIONS UN DER EXISTING LAW SECTION 6 01 . (a) All du ties, powers, and functi ons of the In ter- state Commerce Commission under the Act of August 7, 1888 (25 Stat . 382), relating to operation of telegraph lines by railroad and Forfeitures. Pro vi sio ns relating to. Payment of. Recoverable in civil suit. 1101 Rebates and offsets. Forfeiture for receiv- ing. Additional to other penalties provided. Amount of forfeiture. Procee ding to re- cover. Costs and expenses. Venue of o ffens es. Miscellaneous provi- sions. Transfer of duties, powers, and funetions under existing law. Of Interstate Com- merce Commission. Vol. 25, p. 382.