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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 668 -DEC. 2, 1942 Subversive acts. 55 Stat. 1647. 0oU.S.C ., Supp. I, app., prec. § 1 note. Penalty. Approval and pay- ment of claim for serv- ices. Penalty provision. DISQUALIFICATION FROM BENEFITS SEC. 202. No person convicted in a court of competent jurisdiction of any subversive act against the United States or any of its Allies, committed after the declaration by the President on May 27, 1941, of the national emergency, shall be entitled to compensation or other benefits under title I, nor shall any compensation be payable with respect to his death or detention under such title, and upon indict- ment or the filing of an information charging the commission of any such subversive act, all such compensation or other benefits shall be suspended and remain suspended until acquittal or withdrawal of such charge, but upon conviction thereof or upon death occurring prior to a final disposition thereof, all such payments and all benefits under such title shall be forfeited and terminated. If the charge is withdrawn, or there is an acquittal, all such compensation withheld shall be paid to the person or persons entitled thereto. FRAUD SEC. 203. Whoever, for the purpose of causing an increase in any payment authorized to be made under this Act, or for the purpose of causing any payment to be made where no payment is authorized hereunder, shall knowingly make or cause to be made, or aid or abet in the making of any false statement or representation of a material fact in any application for any payment under title I, or knowingly make or cause to be made, or aid or abet in the making of any false statement, representation, affidavit, or document in connection with such an application, or claim, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $1,000 or impris- oned for not more than one year, or both. LEGAL SERVICES SEC. 204. No claim for legal services or for any other services rendered in respect of a claim or award for compensation under title I to or on account of any person shall be valid unless approved by the Commission; and any claim so approved shall, in the manner and to the extent fixed by the said Commission, be paid out of the com- pensation payable to the claimant; and any person who receives any fee, other consideration, or any gratuity on account of services so rendered, unless such consideration or gratuity is so approved, or who solicits employment for another person or for himself in respect of any claim or award for compensation under title I shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall, for each offense, be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. FINALITY OF DECISIONS SEC. 205. The action of the Commission in allowing or denying any payment under title I shall be final and conclusive on all ques- tions of law and fact and not subject to review by any other official of the United States or by any court by mandamus or otherwise, and the Comptroller General is authorized and directed to allow credit in the accounts of any certifying or disbursing officer for pay- ments in accordance with such action. DETERMINATION OF DEATH OR DETENTION SEC. 206. A determination that an individual is dead or a deter- mination that he has been detained by the enemy may be made on 1034 [56 STAT.

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