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52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS.- CH. 601-JUNE 23, 1938 or order thereunder, or any term, condition, or limitation of any certificate or permit on the ground, or for the reason, that the testi- mony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture; but no individual shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing concerning which he is compelled, after having claimed his privilege against self-incrimination, to testify or produce evidence, documen- tary or otherwise, except that any individual so testifying shall not be exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in so testifying. ORDERS, NOTICES, AND SERVICE Effective Date of Orders; Emergency Orders SEC. 1005. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, all orders, rules, and regulations of the Authority shall take effect within such reasonable time as the Authority may prescribe, and shall continue in force until its further order, rule, or regulation, or for a specified period of time, as shall be prescribed in the order, rule, or regula- tion: Provided, That whenever the Authority is of the opinion that an emergency requiring immediate action exists in respect of safety in air commerce, the Authority is authorized, either upon complaint or upon its own initiative without complaint, at once, if it so orders, without answer or other form of pleading by the interested person or persons, and with or without notice, hearing, or the making or filing of a report, to make such just and reasonable orders, rules, or regu- lations, as may be essential in the interest of safety in air commerce to meet such emergency: Provided further, That the Authority shall immediately initiate proceedings relating to the matters embraced in any such order, rule, or regulation, and shall, insofar as practicable, give preference to such proceedings over all others under this Act. Designation of Agent for Service (b) It shall be the duty of every air carrier and foreign air carrier within sixty days after the effective date of this section to designate in writing an agent upon whom service of all notices and process and all orders, decisions, and requirements of the Authority may be made for and on behalf of said carrier, and to file such designation in the office of the secretary of the Authority, which designation may from time to time be changed by like writing similarly filed. Serv- ice of all notices and process and orders, decisions, and requirements of the Authority may be made upon such carrier by service upon such designated agent at his office or usual place of residence with like effect as if made personally upon such carrier, and in default of such designation of such agent, service of any notice or other process in any proceeding before said Authority, or of any order, decision, or requirement of the Authority, may be made by posting such notice, process, order, requirement, or decision in the office of the secretary of the Authority. Other Methods of Service (c) Service of notices, processes, orders, rules, and regulations upon any person may be made by personal service, or upon an agent designated in writing for the purpose, or by registered mail addressed to such person or agent. Whenever service is made by registered mail, the date of mailing shall be considered as the time when service is made. 1023 Orders, notices, and service. Effective date of orders. Provisos. Emergency orders. Initiation of pro- ceedings. Designation of agent for service. Other methods ol service.