56 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 2D SESS. - CH. 318-MAY 16, 1942 "(d) Any freight forwarder, or any officer, agent, employee, or representative thereof, who shall willfully fail or refuse to make a report to the Commission as required under this part, or to make specific and full, true2 and correct answer to any question within thirty days from the time it is lawfully required by the Commission so to do, or to keep accounts, records, and memoranda in the form and manner prescribed by the Commission, or shall knowingly and willfully falsify, destroy, mutilate, or alter any such report, account, record, or memorandum, or shall knowingly and willfully file with the Commission any false report, account, record, or memorandum, or shall knowingly and willfully neglect or fail to make full, true, and correct entries in such accounts, records, or memoranda of all facts and transactions appertaining to the business of the freight for- warder, or shall knowingly and willfully keep any accounts, records, or memoranda contrary to the rules, regulations, or orders of the Com- mission with respect thereto, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be subject for each offense to a fine of not more than $5,000. As used in this subsection, the word 'keep' shall be construed to mean make, prepare, or compile, as well as retain. "(e) Any special agent, accountant, or examiner of the Commis- sion who knowingly and willfully divulges any fact or information which may come to his knowledge during the course of any examina- tion or inspection made under authority of this part, except as he may be directed by the Commission or by a court or judge thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment for not exceeding six months, or both. "(f) It shall be unlawful for any freight forwarder or any officer, agent, employee, or representative of such forwarder, or for any other person authorized by such forwarder or any such person to receive information, knowingly and willfully to disclose to, or permit to be acquired by, any person other than the shipper or consignee, without the consent of such shipper or consignee, any information concerning the nature, kind, quantity, destination, consignee, or routing of any property tendered or delivered to such forwarder in service subject to this part, which information may be or is used to the detriment or prejudice of such shipper or consignee, or which may or does improperly disclose his business transactions to a competitor; and it shall also be unlawful for any person to solicit or knowingly and will- fully receive any such information which may be or is so used. Any person violating any provisions of this subsection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine of not more than $100 for the first offense and not more than $500 for any subsequent offense. Each day of such violation shall constitute a separate offense. Nothing in this part shall be construed to prevent the giving of such information in response to any legal process issued under the authority of any court, or to any officer or agent of the Government of the United States or of any State, Territory, or Dis- trict thereof, in the exercise of his powers, or to any officer or other duly authorized person seeking such information for the prosecution of persons charged with or suspected of crimes, or to another freight forwarder, or its duly authorized agent, for the purpose of adjusting mutual traffic accounts in the ordinary course of business of such forwarders. "(g) The provisions of the Elkins Act of February 19, 1903, as amended (U. S . C., 1940 ed., title 49, secs. 41, 42, and 43), shall apply to service subject to this part, and to freight forwarders and shippers in respect to such service, and shall apply for purposes of 299 Failure to make re- ports, keep accounts, etc. False statements and omissions. Penalty. "Keep. " Unauthorized divulg- ing of information by Commission employ- ees. Penalty. Unauthorized dis- closures by freight forwarders, etc. Unlawful solicita- tion or receipt of In- formation. Penalty. Exceptions. Application of Elb kins Act. 32 Stat. 847.
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