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PUBLIC LAW 85-56-JUNE 17, 1957 FURNISHING OF RECORDS

SEC. 1202. (a) Any person desiring a copy of any record, paper, and so forth, in the custody of the Veterans' Administration, which may be disclosed vmder section 1201, must make written application therefor to the Veterans' Administration, stating specifically: (1) The particular record, paper, and so forth, a copy of which is desired and whether certified or uncertified; and (2) The purpose for which such copy is desired to be used, (b) The Administrator is authorized to fix a schedule of fees for copies and certification of such records. PART B—INVESTIGATIONS AUTHORITY TO ISSUE SUBPENAS

SEC. 1211, For the purposes of the laws administered by the Veterans' Administration, the Administrator, and those employees to whom the Administrator may delegate such authority, to the extent of the authority so delegated, shall have the power to issue subpenas for and compel the attendance of witnesses within a radius of one hundred miles from the place of hearing, to require the production of books, papers, documents, and other evidence, to take affidavits, to administer oaths and affirmations, to aid claimants in the preparation and presentation of claims, and to make investigations and examine witnesses upon any matter within the jurisdiction of the Veterans' Administration. Any person required by such subpena to attend as a witness shall be allowed and paid the same fees and mileage as are paid witnesses in the district courts of the United States. VALIDITY OF AFFIDAVITS

SEC. 1212. Any such oath, affirmation, affidavit, or examination, when certified under the hand of any such employee by whom it was administered or taken and authenticated by the seal of the Veterans' Administration, may be offered or used in any court of the United States and without further proof of the identity or authority of such employee shall have like force and effect as if administered or taken before a clerk of such court. D I S O B E D I E N C E TO SUTiPENA

SEC. 1213. I n case of disobedience to any such subpena, the aid of any district court of the United States may be invoked in requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of documentary evidence, and such court within the jurisdiction of which the inquiry is carried on may, in case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpena issued to any officer, agent, or employee of any corporation or to any other person, issue an order requiring such corporation or other person to appear or to give evidence touching the matter in question; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof.

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