Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 67.djvu/144

 108

PUBLIC LAW 86-JUNE 30, 1953

[67

STA T.

REFUSAL TO GIVE TESTIMONY

SEC. 409. (a) Any officer or employee of the District who refuses to testify upon matters relating to his office or employment in any proceeding wherein he is a defendant or is called as a witness, upon the ground that his answer may tend to incriminate him or compel him to be a witness against himself, or who refuses so to testify on such ground when called by a grand jury or a congressional committee, shall forfeit his office or employment and any emolument, perquisite, or benefit (by way of pension or otherwise) arising therefrom, and be disqualified frbm holding any public office or employment under the District. (b) Any former officer or employee of the District who refuses to testify upon matters relating to his former office or employment in any proceeding wherein he is a defendant or is called as a witness, upon the ground that his answer may tend to incriminate him or compel him to be a witness against himself, or who refuses so to testify on such ground when called by a grand jury or a congressional committee, shall forfeit any emolument, perquisite, or benefit (by way of pension or otherwise) arising from such former office or employment, and be disqualified from holding any public office or employment under the District. (c) If the retirement pay, pension, or annuity of any officer or employee or former officer or employee of the District is forfeited under this section, there shall be paid to such individual a sum equal to (1) the total amount paid by him as contributions toward such retirement pay, pension, or annuity, plus any accrued interest attributable to such contributions, less (2) the total amount of such retirement pay, pension, or annuity received by him prior to such forfeiture. CONTEMPT OF THE M U N I C I P A L COURT

56 Stat. 193,

31 Stat. 1197.

SEC. 410. (a) Section 5(c) of the Act of April 1, 1942, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 11-756 (c)), is amended by inserting before "to punish" the following: "in any case or proceeding, whether civil or criminal,". (b) The first sentence of section 48 of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia", approved March 3, 1901, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 11-606), is amended by striking out "; to punish contempts by fine not exceeding twenty dollars and imprisonment for not more than forty-eight hours, or either, and" and inserting in lieu thereof a comma. EFFECT OF REORGANIZATION P L A N NUMBERED 5

66 Stat. 824.

SEC. 411. Where any provision of this Act, or any amendment jnade by this Act, refers to an office or agency abolished by Reorganization Plan Numbered 5 of 1952, such reference shall be deemed to be to the office, agency, or officer exercising the functions of the office or agency so abolished. Approved June 29, 1953. Public Law 86

CHAPTER 162

June 30, 1953 [H. R. 4233]

AN ACT To provide for the naturalization of persons serving in the Armed Forces of the United States after June 24, 1950.

Naturalization.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwithstand-

�