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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 676 -JUNE 25, 1938 Common carriers, established regula- tions not affected. 49 Stat. 546. 49 U. S. C., Supp. III, 304. 49U.S.C. ch.1; Supp. III, ch. 1. Child labor. Ante, p. 1067. Learners, appren- tices, and handi- capped workers. Ante, p. 1062. Prohibited acts. Transportation,etc., of goods produced in violation of wage or hour provisions, etc. Ante, pp. 1062, 1063. Exception. Violations of wage or hour provisions, etc. Discrimination against employee fil- ing complaint, etc. Violation of child labor provisions. Reports, records, etc. Ante, p. 1066 . (b) The provisions of section 7 shall not apply with respect to (1) any employee with respect to whom the Interstate Commerce Commission has power to establish qualifications and maximum hours of service pursuant to the provisions of section 204 of the Motor Carrier Act, 1935- or (2) any employee of an employer sub- ject to the provisions of Part I of the Interstate Commerce Act. (c) The provisions of section 12 relating to child labor shall not apply with respect to any employee employed in agriculture while not legally required to attend school or to any child employed as an actor in motion pictures or theatrical productions. LEARNERS, APPRENTICES, AND HANDICAPPED WORKERS SEC. 14. The Administrator, to the extent necessary in order to prevent curtailment of opportunities for employment, shall by regu- lations or by orders provide for (1) the employment of learners, of apprentices, and of messengers employed exclusively in delivering letters and messages, under special certificates issued pursuant to regulations of the Administrator, at such wages lower than the minimum wage applicable under section 6 and subject to such limi- tations as to time, number, proportion, and length of service as the Administrator shall prescribe, and (2) the employment of individuals whose earning capacity is impaired by age or physical or mental deficiency or injury, under special certificates issued by the Admin- istrator, at such wages lower than the minimum wage applicable under section 6 and for such period as shall be fixed in such certificates. PROHIBITED ACTS SEC. 15. (a) After the expiration of one hundred and twenty days from the date of enactment of this Act, it shall be unlawful for any person- (1) to transport, offer for transportation, ship, deliver, or sell in commerce, or to ship, deliver, or sell with knowledge that ship- ment or delivery or sale thereof in commerce is intended, any goods in the production of which any employee was employed in violation of section 6 or section 7, or in violation of any regu- lation or order of the Administrator issued under section 14; except that no provision of this Act shall impose any liability upon any common carrier for the transportation in commerce in the regular course of its business of any goods not produced by such common carrier, and no provision of this Act shall excuse any common carrier from its obligation to accept any goods for transportation; (2) to violate any of the provisions of section 6 or section 7, or any of the provisions of any regulation or order of the Admin- istrator issued under section 14; (3) to discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any employee because such employee has filed any complaint or instituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding under or related to this Act, or has testified or is about to testify in any such proceeding, or has served or is about to serve on an industry committee. (4) to violate any of the provisions of section 12; (5) to violate any of the provisions of section 11 (c), or to make any statement, report, or record filed or kept pursuant to the provisions of such section or of any regulation or order there- under? knowing such statement, report, or record to be false in a material respect. 1068 [52 STAT.