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 68 S T A T. ]

PUBLIC LAW 3 8 9 - J U N E 8, 1954

(b) No corporation required to pay a fee, charge, or penalty under this Act shall maintain in the District of Columbia any action at law or suit in equity until all such fees, charges, and penalties have been paid in full. P E N A L T I E S; VIOLATION OR F A I L U R E A MISDEMEANOR

SEC. 131. Any person, or corporation, who violates any provision of this Act, or fails to comply with any provision thereof, for which violation or failure no penalty is provided therein or elsewhere in the laws of the District of Columbia, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof by a court of competent jurisdiction shall be fined not exceeding $500 for each and every violation or failure. R I G H T S A N D I M M U N I T I E S OF W I T N E S S E S

SEC. 132. No person shall be excused from testifying or from producing books, accounts, and papers in any proceeding based upon or growing out of any violation of the provisions of this Act, on the ground or for the reason that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to penalty or forfeiture; but no person having so testified shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing concerning which he may have testified or produced any documentary evidence: Provided, That no person so testifying shall be exempted from prosecution or punishment for perjury: Provided further, That the immunity hereby conferred shall extend only to a natural person who, in obedience to a subpena gives testimony under oath or produces evidence, documentary or otherwise, under oath. MONOPOLIES A N D R E S I R A I N T OF TRADE

SEC. 133. Nothing in this Act shall be interpreted to authorize a corporation to do any act in violation of the common law or the statutes relating to the District of Columbia or of the United States with respect to monopolies and illegal restraint of trade. WAIVER OF NOTICE

SEC. 134. Whenever any notice whatever is required to be given under the provisions of this Act or under the provisions of the articles of incorporation or bylaws of any corporation, a waiver thereof in Avriting signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. VOTING R F: Q U I R E M E N T S o r ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

SEC. 135. Whenever, with respect to any action to be taken by the shareholders of a corporation, the articles of incorporation require the vote or concurrence of the holders of a greater proportion of the shares, or of any class or series thereof, than required by this Act with respect to such action, the provisions of the articles of incorporation shall control.

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