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 56 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 2 D SESS.-CH. 199-MAR. 27, 1942 pieces allocated to the Director of the Mint in accordance with this section shall be accounted for by entries in the fund established for the purchase of silver bullion for subsidiary silver coinage. Upon coinage into subsidiary silver coins of the metal contained in the 5-cent pieces so allocated, the gain shall be accounted for by entries in the silver- profit fund. SEC. 1206. This title shall become effective sixty days after approval. TITLE XIII-INSPECTION AND AUDIT OF WAR CONTRACTORS SEC. 1301. The provisions of section 10 (1) of an Act approved July 2, 1926 (44 Stat. 787; 10 U. S . C. 310 (1)) (giving the Govern- ment the right to inspect the plant and audit the books of certain Contractors), shall apply to the plant, books, and records of any contractor with whom a defense contract has been placed at any time after the declaration of emergency on September 8, 1939, and before the termination of the present war: Provided, That, for the purpose of this title, the term "defense contract" shall mean any contract, subcontract, or order placed in furtherance of the defense or war effort: And provided further, That the inspection and audit authorized herein, and the determination whether a given contract is a "defense contract" as defined above, shall be made by a governmental agency or officer designated by the President, or by the Chairman of the War Production Board. SEC. 1302. For the purpose of obtaining any information or making any inspection or audit pursuant to section 1301, any agency acting hereunder, or the Chairman of the War Production Board, as the case may be, may administer oaths and affirmations and may require by subpena or otherwise the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of any books or records or any other documentary or physical evidence which may be deemed relevant to the inquiry. Such attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of such books, records, or other documentary or physical evidence may be required at any designated place from any State, Territory, or other place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States: Provided, That the production of a person's books, records, or other documentary evidence shall not be required at any place other than the place where such person resides or transacts business, if, prior to the return date specified in the subpena issued with respect thereto such person furnishes such agency or the Chairman of the War Production Board, as the case may be, with a true copy of such books, records or other documentary evidence (certified by such person under oath to be a true and correct copy) or enters into a stipulation with such agency or the Chairman of the War Production Board, as the case may be, as to the information contained in such books, records, or other docu- mentary evidence. Witnesses shall be paid the same fees and mileage that are paid witnesses in the courts of the United States. No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing any books, records, or other documentary evidence or certified copies thereof or physical evidence in obedience to any such subpena, or in any action or proceeding which may be instituted under this section, on the ground that the testimony or evidence, doc- umentary or otherwise, required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture; but no individual shall be subject to prosecution and punishment or to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing concerning which he is compelled to testify or produce evi- 185 Effective date of title. Authority to in- spect plants and audit books. Post, p. 1015. 54 Stat. 2643 . 50 U. S. C., app., prec. i1 note. Provisos. "Defense contract." Obtaining testi- mony and evidence. Proviso. Production of docu- mentary evidence. Witness fees and mileage. Privilege against self-incrimination.

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