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 52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CH. 680 -JUNE 25, 1938 (f) The contributions required by this Act shall be collected by the Board and shall be deposited by it with the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, 90 per centum thereof to the credit of the account and 10 per centum thereof to the credit of the fund. (g) The contributions required by this Act shall be collected and paid quarterly or at such other times and in such manner and under such conditions not inconsistent with this Act as may be prescribed by regulations of the Board, and shall not be deducted, in whole or in part, from the compensation of employees in the employer's employ. If a contribution required by this Act is not paid when due, there shall be added to the amount payable (except in the case of adjust- ments made in accordance with the provisions of this Act) interest at the rate of 1 per centum per month or fraction of a month from the date the contribution became due until paid. Any interest collected pursuant to this subsection shall be credited to the account. (h) All provisions of law, including penalties, applicable with respect to any tax imposed by section 600 or section 800 of the Revenue Act of 1926, and the provisions of section 607 of the Revenue Act of 1934, insofar as applicable and not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, shall be applicable with respect to the contributions required by this Act: Provided, however, That all authority and func- tions conferred by or pursuant to such provisions upon any officers or employees of the United States, except the authority to institute and prosecute, and the function of instituting and prosecuting, crimi- nal proceedings, shall, with respect to the contributions required by this Act, be vested in and exercised by the Board or such officers and employees of the Board as it may designate therefor. PENALTIES SEC. 9. (a) Any officer or agent of an employer, or any employee representative, or any employee acting in his own behalf, or any person whether or not of the character hereinbefore defined, who shall willfully fail or refuse to make any report or furnish any infor- mation required by the Board in the administration of this Act, or who shall knowingly make or aid in making or cause to be made any false or fraudulent statement or report when a statement or report is required to be made for the purposes of this Act, or who shall knowingly make or aid in making or cause to be made any false or fraudulent statement or claim for the purpose of causing benefits or other payment to be made or not to be made under this Act, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both. (b) Any agreement by an employee to pay all or any portion of the contribution required of his employer under this Act shall be void, and it shall be unlawful for any employer, or officer or agent of an employer, to make, require, or permit any employee to bear all or any portion of such contribution. Any employer, or officer or agent of an employer, who violates any provision of this sub- section shall be punished for each such violation by a fine of not more than $10,000 or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both. (c) Any person who violates any provision of this Act, the punishment for which is not otherwise provided, shall be punished for each such violation by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both. (d) All fines and penalties imposed by a court pursuant to this Act shall be paid to the court and be remitted from time to time by order of the judge to the Treasury of the United States to be credited to the account. 1103 Division of deposits. Quarterly collec- tions of contributions. Interest charge on arrearage; exception. Provisions of law applicable. 44 Stat. 93, 99; 48 Stat. 768. Proviso. Authority and func- tions vested in Board; exception. Penalties. Failure to make re- port or furnish infor- mation. False, etc., state- ment. Payment by em- ployee of any portion of contribution re- quired of employer. Violation of any pro- visionof Act not other- wise provided for. Crediting fines, etc. imposed by court to account.

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