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 PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 620 -DEC. 23, 1941 Attendance of wit- of the United States. The commission or any member of the commis- nessesetc. sion when so authorized by the commission shall have power to issue subpenas requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of any evidence that relates to any matter under investiga- tion by the commission. The commission or any member of the commission or any agent or agency designated by the commission for such purpose may administer oaths and affirmations, examine witnesses, and receive evidence. Such attendance of witnesses and the production of such evidence may be required from any place within the United States or any place subject to the civil or military jurisdiction of the United States at any designated place of hearing. Court order requir- (b) In case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpena issued to any ing obedience. person under subsection (a), any district court of the United States or the United States courts of any Territory or possession, or the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, within the jurisdiction of which the inquiry is carried on or within the jurisdiction of which said person guilty of contumacy or refusal to obey is found or resides or transacts business, upon application by the commission shall have jurisdiction to issue to such person an order requiring such person to appear before the commission, its member, agent, or agency, there to produce evidence if so ordered, or there to give testimony touching the matter under investigation or in question; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by said court as a contempt thereof. etrvic of process, (c) Process and papers of the commission, its members, agent, or agency, may be served either upon the witness in person or by regis- tered mail or by telegraph or by leaving a copy thereof at the residence or principal office or place of business of the person required to be served. The verified return by the individual so serving the same, setting forth the manner of such service, shall be proof of the same, and the return post-office receipt or telegraph receipt therefor when registered and mailed or telegraphed as aforesaid shall be proof witness m leageof of service of the same. Witnesses summoned before the commission, its members, agent, or agency, shall be paid the same fees and mileage that are paid witnesses in the courts of the United States, and witnesses whose depositions are taken and the persons taking the same shall severally be entitled to the same fees as are paid for like services in the courts of the United States. Privilege against (d) No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing books, records, correspondence, documents, or other evidence in obedience to a subpena, on the ground that the testimony or evidence required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture; but no individual shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture (except demotion or removal from office) for or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing concerning which he is compelled, after having claimed his privilege against self-incrimination, to testify or produce evidence, except that such individual so testifying shall not be exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in so testifying. Venue. (e) All process of any court to which application may be made under this Act may be served in the judicial district wherein the person required to be served resides or may be found. Records, etc., of (f) The several departments and agencies of the Government, when Govermentagencies directed by the President, shall furnish the commission, upon its request, all records, papers, and information in their possession relating to any matter before the commission. Approved, December 23, 1941. [55 STAT.

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