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PUBLIC LAW 86-432-APR. 22, 1960

(sec. 47-2345, D.C. Code, 1951 edition), is amended by striking the words "to revoke" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "to suspend or revoke". SEC. 5. With the exception of the function of making regulations to carry out the purposes of this Act, the Commissioners are authorized to delegate, with power to redelegate, any of the functions vested in them by this Act. SEC. 6. The Commissioners are authorized to promulgate regulations to carry out the purposes of this Act: Provided, That no such regulation shall become effective until after a public hearing has been held thereon. SEC. 7. No person shall make any statement required or authorized by this Act to be filed with the Commissioners, knowing that the information set forth in such statement is false. SEC. 8. Any person who shall violate any provision of this Act or of any regulation promulgated by the Commissioners under the authority of this Act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $600 or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both. SEC. 9. Prosecutions for violations of this Act, or of the regulations made pursuant thereto, shall be conducted in the name of the District by the Corporation Counsel or any of his assistants. As used in this Act the term "Corporation Counsel" means the attorney for the District, by whatever title such attorney may be known, designated by the Commissioners to perform the functions prescribed for the Corporation Counsel in this Act. SEC. 10. The authority and power vested in the Commissioners by any provision of this Act shall be deemed to be additional and supplementary to authority and power now vested in them, and not as a limitation. SEC. 11. If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or the application of this Act which can be effected without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this Act are severable. SEC. 12. This Act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after the date of enactment of this Act. Approved April 22, 1960.

47 Stat. 563.

Exception.

Penalty.

"Corporation Counsel".

Effective date.

Public Law 86-432 AN ACT

To continue for a temporary period the existing suspensions of the tax on the first domestic processing of coconut oil, palm oil, palm-kernel oil, and fatty acids, salts, combinations, or mixtures thereof. Be it enacted by the Senate amd House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That— (1) Section 3 of Public Law 85-235 (71 Stat. 516), approved August 30, 1957 (relating to the temporary suspension of the tax on the first domestic processing of coconut oil); and (2) Public Law 86-37 (73 Stat. 64), approved May 29, 1959 (relating to the temporary suspension of the tax on the first domestic processing of palm oil, palm-kernel oil, etc.), are each amended by striking out "June 30, 1960" and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1963". Approved April 22, 1960.

April 22, 1960 [H. R. 8649]

C o c o nut and palm oil, etc. Tax suspension. 26 USC 45 1 1 note.

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