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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 26 -JAN. 30, 1942 INVESTIGATIONS; RECORDS; REPORTS Studies and investi- SEa. 202. (a) The Administrator is authorized to make such gations. studies and investigations and to obtain such information as he deems necessary or proper to assist him in prescribing any regulation or order under this Act, or in the administration and enforcement of this Act and regulations, orders, and price schedules thereunder. Information to be (b) The Administrator is further authorized, by regulation or furnished. order, to require any person who is engaged in the business of deal- ing with any commodity, or who rents or offers for rent or acts as broker or agent for the rental of any housing accommodations, to furnish any such information under oath or affirmation or otherwise, Records and re- to make and keep records and other documents, and to make reports, ports. and he may require any such person to permit the inspection and copying of records and other documents, the inspection of inven- tories, and the inspection of defense-area housing accommodations. The Administrator may administer oaths and affirmations and may, whenever necessary, by subpena require any such person to appear and testify or to appear and produce documents, or both, at any designated place. Testimony. (c) For the purpose of obtaining any information under subsection (a), the Administrator may by subpena require any other person to appear and testify or to appear and produce documents, or both, at any designated place. Production of doc- (d) The production of a person's documents at any place other ments at other than lacet of business. than his place of business shall not be required under this section in any case in which, prior to the return date specified in the subpena issued with respect thereto, such person either has furnished the Administrator with a copy of such documents (certified by such person under oath to be a true and correct copy), or has entered into a stipulation with the Administrator as to the information contained in such documents. Contumacy, etc. (e) In case of contumacy by, or refusal to obey a subpena served upon, any person referred to in subsection (c), the district court for any district in which such person is found or resides or transacts business, upon application by the Administrator, shall have juris- diction to issue an order requiring such person to appear and give testimony or to appear and produce documents, or both; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof. The provisions of this subsection shall also apply to any person referred to in subsection (b), and shall be Ante, p. 28. in addition to the provisions of section 4 (a). nellss nes to wit (f) Witnesses subpenaed under this section shall be paid the same fees and mileage as are paid witnesses in the district courts of the United States. ,lPriviege against (g) No person shall be excused from complying with any require- ments under this section because of his privilege against self-incrim- ination, but the immunity provisions of the Compulsory Testimony 49U. s.C .\4. Act of February 11, 1893 (U. S . C ., 1934 edition, title 49, sec. 46), shall apply with respect to any individual who specifically claims such privilege. tialosingconflden- (h) The Administrator shall not publish or disclose any informa- tion obtained under this Act that such Administrator deems confi- dential or with reference to which a request for confidential treatment is made by the person furnishing such information, unless he deter- mines that the withholding thereof is contrary to the interest of the national defense and security. 30 [56 STAT.

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