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PUBLIC LAW 429-JUNE 30, 1952

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" (i) during the period within which a complaint may be filed in the Emergency Court of Appeals pursuant to leave granted under paragraph (1) of this subsection with respect to such provision; "(ii) during the pendency of any protest properly filed by the 2107. ^ ^ ^ ^^^' defendant under section 407 of this title prior to the institution of the proceeding under section 409 or 706 of this Act, section 205 or 206 of the Housing and Eent Act of 1947, as amended, or section "•,.,.1., 371 of title 18, United States Code, setting forth objections to the validity of such provision which the court finds to have been made in good faith; and "(iii) during the pendency of any judicial proceeding instituted by the defendant under this section with respect to such protest or instituted by the defendant under paragraph (1) of this

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^ subsection with respect to such provision, and until the expiration of the time allowed in this section for the taking of further proceedings with respect thereto. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph, stays shall be granted thereunder in civil proceedings only after judgment and upon junction Vtc'^ *"" i^pplication made within five days after judgment. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph, in the case of a proceeding under section 409(a) or 706 (a) of the Act or section 206(b) of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended, the court granting a stay under this paragraph shall issue a temporary injunction or restraining order enjoining or restraining, during the period of the stay, violations by the defendant of any provision of the regulation or order involved in the proceeding. If any provision of a regulation or order is determined to be invalid by judgment of the Emergency Court of Appeals 2108. ^ ^ ^ ^^^' which has become effective in accordance with section 408(b) of this title, any proceeding pending in any court shall be dismissed, and any judgment in such proceeding vacated, to the extent that such proceeding or judgment is based upon violation of such provision. Except as provided in this subsection, the pendency of any protest under section 407 of this title, or judicial proceeding under this section, shall not be

grounds for staying any proceeding brought pursuant to section 409 or 706 of this Act, section 205 or 206 of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended, or section 371 of title 18, United States Code; nor, except as provided in this subsection, shall any retroactive effect be given to any judgment setting aside a provision of a regulation or order issued under this title." 2ioi-2no.^ «PPSEC. 114. Title IV of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sections: prteli.*"'" * *"^"^ ^ "SEC. 411. I n the administration of this title, no person shall be required to furnish any reports or other information with respect to sales of materials or services at prices which are below ceiling, if such person certifies to the President that such sales were made at such prices. "SUSPENSION or CONTROLS

"SEC. 412. I t is hereby declared to be the policy of the Congress that the President shall use the price, wage, and other powers conferred by this Act, as amended, to promote the earliest practicable balance between production and the demand therefor of materials and services, and that the general control of wages and prices shall be terminated as rapidly as possible consistent with the policies and purposes set forth in this Act; and that pending such termination, in order to avoid burdensome and unnecessary reporting and record keeping which retard rather than assist in the achievement of the