§ 359. Penalties

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1938

   Pub. L. 75–680 § 9 · 52 Stat. 1094

   Enacted · 45 U.S.C. § 359

   (June 25, 1938, ch. 680, § 9, 52 Stat. 1103.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (June 25, 1938, ch. 680, § 9, 52 Stat. 1103.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 9. penalties (a) Any officer or agent, of an employer, or any employee representative, or any employee Failure to make report or furnish information. acting in his own behalf, or any person whether or not of the character hereinbefore defined, who shall willfully fail or refuse to make any report or furnish any information required by the Board in the administration of this Act, or who shall knowingly make or aid in making or cause to be made any False, etc., statement. false or fraudulent statement or report when a statement or report is required to be made for the purposes of this Act, or who shall knowingly make or aid in making or cause to be, made any false or fraudulent statement or claim for the purpose of causing benefits or other payment to be made or not to be made under this Act, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both. (b) Any agreement by an employee to pay all or any portion of Payment by employee of any portion of contribution required of employer. the contribution required of his employer under this Act shall be void, and it shall be unlawful for any employer, or officer or agent of an employer, to make, require, or permit any employee to bear all or any portion of such contribution. Any employer, or officer or agent of an employer, who violates any provision of this sub-section shall be punished for each such violation by a fine of not more than $10,000 or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both. (c) Any person who violates any provision of this Act, the Violation of any provision of Act not otherwise provided for. punishment for which is not otherwise provided, shall be punished for each such violation by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both. (d) All fines and penalties imposed by a court pursuant to this Crediting fines, etc., imposed by court to account. Act shall be paid to the court and be remitted from time to time by order of the judge to the Treasury of the United States to be credited to the account.

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