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 198 Engaging in business without license pro- hibited. Revocation of license. Finality of revoking order. Penalty for violation. Expi ratio n of auth or- ity. Ante, p. 196. Antitrust laws not ap pli ca ble to codes, agreements, etc . Busi nesses exemp t. Limitations upon ap- plication of title. Statements of trade. etc ., associations before benefits to accrue. Rule s and re gula - tions . Inves tigations by Federal Trade Com- mission. Conditions required in codes, agre ements , and licenses. 73d CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 90. JUNE 16, 1933 . so announce, no person shall, after a date fixed in such announce- ment, engage in or carry on any business, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, sp ecified in suc h announcemen t, unless he s hall have first obtained a license issued pursuant to such regulations as the President shall prescribe. The President may suspend or revoke any such license, after due notice and opportunity for hearing, for violation s of the terms or condition s thereof. Any ord er o f t he President suspending or revoking any such license shall be final if in accordance with law. Any person who, without such a license or in violation of any condition thereof, carries on any such busi- ness for whi ch a l icense is so r equire d, shal l, upon convi ction t hereof, be fined not more than $500, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both, and each day such violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 2 (c ), this subsection shall cease to be in effect at the expiration of one year after the date of enactment of this Act or sooner if the Presi- dent shall by proclamation or the Congress shall by joint resolution declare that the eme rgency recogni zed by sectio n 1 has ended. SEC. 5. While this title is in effect (or in the case of a license, while section 4 (a) is in effect) and for sixty days thereafter, any code, agreement, or license approved, prescribed, or issued and in effect under this title, and any action complying with the provisions thereof taken during such period, shall be exem pt from the pr ovi- sions of the antitrust laws of the United States. Nothing in this Act, and no regulation thereunder, shall pre- vent an individual f rom pursuing t he vocation o f manual labor and selling or trading the products thereof ; nor shall anything in this Act, or regulation thereunder, prevent anyone from marketing or trading the produce of his farm. LI MITATI ONS UPO N APPLI CATION OF TIT LE SEC. 6 . (a) No trade or industrial association or group shall be eli gible to rece ive the benef it of t he prov isions of thi s title until it files with the President a statement containing such information relating to the activities of the association or group as the President shall by regulation prescribe. (b) The President is authorized to prescribe rules and regulations designed to insure that any organization availing itself of the bene- fits of this title shall be truly representative of the trade or industry or subdivision thereof represented by such organization. Any organ- ization violating any such rule or regulation shall cease to be entitled to the benefits of this title. (c) Upon the request of the President, the Federal Trade Com- mission shall make such investigations as may be necessary to enable the President to carry out the provisions of this title, and for such purposes the Commission shall have all the powers vested in it with respe ct of investi gations under the Federal T rade Commissi on Act, as amended. SEC. 7. (a) Every code of fair competition, agreement, and license approved, prescribed, or issued under this title shall contain the following conditions : (1) That employees shall have the right to organize and bargain collectively through representatives ofd their own choosing, and shall be free from the interference, restraint, or coercion of employers of labor, or their agents, in the designation of such representatives or in self-organization or in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection ; (2) that no employee and no one seeking employ- ment shall be required as a condition of employment to join any