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 148 Determination of amount.

Judgment.

50 U.S.C. app. $1896. Violations.

50 U.S.C. app. § 1892. "Person."

Repeals.

50 U.S.C. app. §1894. 50 U.S.C. app. S 1892.

PUBLIC LAW 96—JULY 31, 1961

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shall thereafter be barred from bringing an action for the same violation or violations. For the purpose of determining the amount of liquidated damages to be awarded to the plaintiff in an action brought under subsection (a) of this section, all violations alleged in an action under said subsection (a) which were committed by the defendant with respect to the plaintiff prior to the bringing of such an action shall be deemed to constitute one violation and, in such action under subsection (a) of this section, the amount demanded, accepted, received, or retained in connection with such one violation shall be deemed to be the aggregate amount demanded, accepted, received, or retained in connection with all such violations. A judgment for damages or on the merits in any action under either subsection (a) or (b) of this section shall be a bar to any recovery under the same subsection of this section in any other action against the same defendant on account of any violation with respect to the same person prior to the institution of the action in which such judgment was rendered." SEC. 205. Section 206(a) of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "(a)(1) I t shall be unlawful for any person to demand, accept, receive, or retain any rent for the use or occupancy of any controlled housing accommodations in excess of the maximum rent prescribed under this Act, or otherwise to do or omit to do any act, in violation of this Act, or of any regulation or order or requirement under this Act, or to offer, solicit, attempt, or agree to do any of the foregoing. "(2) I t shall be unlawful for any person to evict, remove, or exclude, or cause to be evicted, removed, or excluded, any tenant from any controlled housing accommodations in any manner or upon any grounds except as authorized or permitted by the provisions of this Act or any regulation, order, or requirement thereunder, and any person who lawfully gains possession from a tenant of any controlled housing accommodations, and thereafter fails fully to comply with such requirements or conditions as may have been imposed for such possession by the provisions of this Act or any regulation, order, or requirement thereunder, shall also be deemed to have unlawfully evicted such tenant and shall be liable to such tenant, or to the United States, as provided in this Act." SEC. 206. Section 202(a) of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended, is amended to read as follows: " (a) The term 'person' includes an individual, corporation, partnership, association, or any other organized group of persons, or legal successor or representative of the foregoing, and includes the United States or any agency thereof, or any other government, or any of its political subdivisions, or any agency of any of the foregoing: Provided, That no punishment provided by this Act shall apply to the United States, or to any such government, political subdivision, or government agency." SEC. 207. (a) The first sentence of section 202(c)(1)(A) of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended, is amended by striking out the following: "which is located in a city of less than two million five hundred thousand population according to the 1940 decennial census and". (b) Section 202(c)(1)(B) of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended, is repealed. (c) The proviso in section 204(h) of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended, is repealed. SEC. 208. Section 202(d) of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended, is amended by inserting after "204 (i)(1) or (2) " the following: ", 204 (k), or 204 (1)".

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