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 858 reduced to writing by the person taking the deposition, or under his direction, and shall, after it has been reduced to writing, be subscribed by the deponent. Witness in foreign "( e) If a witness whose testimony may be desired to be taken by country . deposition be in a foreign country, the deposition may be taken before an officer or person designated by the Commission, or agreed upon by the parties by stipulation in writing to be filed with the Commission . All depositions must be promptly filed with the Commiss ion . Witness fees. " ( f) Witnesses whose depositions are taken as authorized in this Act, and the person or officer taking the same, shall be entitled to the same fees as are paid for like services in the courts of the United States. S ecuring testimon y. "(g ) No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, con- tracts, agreeme nts, or other r ecords and doc uments b efore t he Com- mission, or in obedience to the subpena of the Commission or any member thereof or any officer designa ted by it, or i n any c ause or proceeding instituted by the Commission, on the ground that the Immunity from self- testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him incrimination. may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or for- feiture ; but no individual shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing concerning which he is compelled to testify or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, after having claimed his privi- leg e aga inst self -inc rimin atio n, ex cept that such ind ividu al s o tes ti- fying shall not be e xempt from prosecutio n and punishment for perjury committed in so testifying. Hearings. " HEARINGS ; RULES OF PROCEDURE Holding before Com- "SeC. 308 . (a) Hearings under this Act may be held before the mission. Commission, any member or members thereof or any representative of the Commission designated by it, and appropriate records thereof Admittance of inter- shall be kept. In any proceeding before it, the Commission, in ested party. accordance with such rules and regulations as it may prescribe, may admit as a party any interested State, State commission, munici- pality, or any representative of interested consumers or security holders, or any competitor of a party to such proceeding, or any other person whose participation in the proceeding may be in the public interest. Rule s of proc edure. " (b) All hearings, investigations, and proceedings under this Act shall be gove rned by rules o f pract ice and procedu re to be adopte d by the Commission, and in the conduct thereof the technical rules of evidence need not be applied . No informality in any hearing, inves- tiga tion, o r procee ding or in the manner of taki ng testi mony sh all invalidate any order, decision, rule, or regulation issued under the authority of this Act . Admin istrativ e pow- " ADM INISTRA TIVE PO WERS OF COMMISS ION ; RULES, REGULAtiONS, AND ers of Commission. ORDERS Rules, regulations, and orders. 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 687. AUGUST 26, 1935. " SEC . 309 . The Commission shall have power to perform any and all acts, and to prescribe, issue, make, amend, and rescind such orders, rules, and regulations as it may find necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this Act . Am ong othe r thi ngs, such rule s and r egulatio ns may define accounti ng, tec hnical, and trade terms used in this Act ; and may prescribe the form or forms of all statements, declarations, applications, and reports to be filed with the Commission, the information which they shall contain, and the time