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52 STAT.] 75TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CHS. 556, 557-JUNE 21, 1938 GENERAL PENALTIES SEC. 21. (a) Any person who willfully and knowingly does or causes or suffers to be done any act, matter, or thing in this Act prohibited or declared to be unlawful, or who willfully and know- ingly omits or fails to do any act, matter, or thing in this Act required to be done, or willfully and knowingly causes or suffers such omission or failure, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment for not more than two years, or both. (b) Any person who willfully and knowingly violates any rule, regulation, restriction, condition, or order made or imposed by the Commission under authority of this Act, shall, in addition to any other penalties provided by law, be punished upon conviction thereof by a fine of not exceeding $500 for each and every day during which such offense occurs. JURISDICTION OF OFFENSES; ENFORCEMENT OF LIABILITIES AND DUTIES SEC. 22. The District Courts of the United States, the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, and the United States courts of any Territory or other place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States shall have exclusive jurisdiction of violations of this Act or the rules, regulations, and orders thereunder, and of all suits in equity and actions at law brought to enforce any liability or duty created by, or to enjoin any violation of, this Act or any rule, regulation, or order thereunder. Any criminal proceeding shall be brought in the district wherein any act or transaction constituting the violation occurred. Any suit or action to enforce any liability or duty created by, or to enjoin any violation of, this Act or any rule, regula- tion, or order thereunder may be brought in any such district or in the district wherein the defendant is an inhabitant, and process in such cases may be served wherever the defendant may be found. Judgments and decrees so rendered shall be subject to review as pro- vided in sections 128 and 240 of the Judicial Code, as amended (U. S. C., title 28, secs. 225 and 347). No costs shall be assessed against the Commission in any judicial proceeding by or against the Commis- sion under this Act. SEPARABILITY OF PROVISIONS SEC. 23. If any provision of this Act, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder of the Act, and the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby. SEC. 24 . This Act may be cited as the "Natural Gas Act." Approved, June 21, 1938. [CHAPTER 557] ANTAT 833 General penalties. Jurisdiction of of- fenses. Enforcement of li- abilities and duties. 28V.S.C.§§225, 347. No court costs against Commission. Separability of pro- visions. Short title. June 21, 1938 Authorizing the United States Maritime Commission to sell or lease the Hoboken [H. R. 1053] Pier Terminals, or any part thereof, to the city of Hoboken, New Jersey. [Public, No. 689] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the United States Maritime Commission is authorized for and on behalf of the United States, (1) to sell to the city of Hoboken, New Jersey, the right, title, and interest of the United States in the whole or any part of such real property now under its jurisdiction or control, and 36525°-3S-53 Hoboken, N. J . Sale or lease of the Hoboken Pier Ter- minals to, authorized.