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Volume 69

Public Law 84–82

To strengthen the investigation provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act.

Approved June 16, 1955

Statutory text

AN ACT

To strengthen the investigation provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act.

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

That the third sentence of section 6 (b) of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U. S. C. 15) is amended to read as follows: “For the purpose of securing effective enforcement of the provisions of this Act, and for the purpose of any investigation or proceeding under this Act, the provisions, including penalties, of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended and supplemented (49 U. S. C. 12, 46, 47, 48), relating to the attendance and testimony of witnesses, the production of documentary evidence, and the immunity of witnesses, are made applicable to the power, jurisdiction, and authority of the Secretary of Agriculture (or any person designated by him), the commission, and any referee designated pursuant to the provisions of this Act, and to any person subject thereto.”.

Approved June 16, 1955.

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