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PUBLIC LAW 85-726-AUG. 23, 1968

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between the carriers parties thereto, it is authorized and directed to take the same action with respect thereto as the Board is empowered to take with respect to any joint rate, fare, or charge, between air carriers, or any divisions thereof, or any classification, rule, regulation, or practice affecting such joint rate, fare, or charge or the value of the service thereunder. JUDICIAL ENFORCEMENT A N D REVIEW

(e) Orders of the joint boards shall be enforceable and reviewable as provided in this Act with respect to orders of the Board. EVIDENCE POWER TO TAKE EVIDENCE

SEC. 1004. (a) Any member or examiner of the Board, when duly designated by the Board for such purpose, may hold hearings, sign and issue subpenas, administer oaths, examine witnesses, and receive evidence at any place in the United States designated by the Board. In all cases heard by an examiner or a single member the Board shall hear or receive argument on request of either party. POWER TO ISSUE SUBPENA

(b) For the purposes of this Act the Board shall have the power to require by subpena the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of all books, papers, and documents relating to any matter under investigation. Witnesses summoned before the Board shall be paid the same fees and mileage that are paid witnesses in the courts of the United States. ENFORCEMENT OF SUBPENA

(c) The attendance of witnesses, and the production of books, papers, and documents, may be required from any place in the United States, at any designated place of hearing. I n case of disobedience to a subpena, the Board, or any party to a proceeding before the Board, may invoke the aid of any court of the United States in requiring attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of such books, papers, and documents under the provisions of this section. CONTEMPT

(d) Any court of the United States within the jurisdiction of which an inquiry is carried on may, in case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpena issued to any person, issue an order requiring such person to appear before the Board (and produce books, papers, or documents if so ordered) and 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. DEPOSITION

(e) The Board may order testimony to be taken by deposition in any proceeding or investigation pending before it, at any stage of such proceeding or investigation. Such depositions may be taken before any person designated by the Board and having power to administer oaths. Reasonable notice must first be given in writing by the party or his attorney proposing to take such deposition to the opposite party or his attorney of record, which notice shall state

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