57 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 1S T SESS.-CH. 117-JUNE 4, 1943 "(b) The Board may require from any employing unit any sworn or unsworn reports in connection with its business, covering employ- ment, employees, wages, earnings, unemployment and related mat- ters, as the Board deems necessary to the effective administration of this Act. Except as hereinbefore provided in section 13 (f) of this Act, information thus obtained may not be divulged. Any person who violates any provision of this section or section 13 (f) of this Act shall be fined not less than $20 nor more than $200 or imprisoned not longer than ninety days, or both. "PROTECTION OF RIGHTS AND BENEFITS "SEC. 18. (a) No agreement by any individual to waive any of his rights under this Act, or to pay any part of the contribution payable by his employer with respect to his or any other individual's employ- ment, shall be valid; nor shall any employer make, require, or permit any deduction from the wages payable to his employees for the pur- pose of paying any part of the contributions required of the employer under this Act, or require or attempt to induce any individual to waive any right he may acquire under this Act. Any employer who violates any provision of this subsection shall, for each such offense, be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 or be imprisoned not more than six months, or both. "(b) No assignment, pledge, or encumbrance of any right to bene- fits which are or may become due or payable under this Act shall be valid or enforceable; and the right to any such benefits shall be exempt from levy, execution, attachment, or any other remedy what- soever provided for the collection of debt; and the benefits received by any individual so long as they are not mingled with other funds of the recipient shall be exempt from any remedy whatsoever for the collection of all debts except debts accrued for necessaries furnished to such individual, his spouse, or his dependents during the time when such individual was unemployed. "(c) No individual seeking to establish a claim for benefits shall be charged any fee whatsoever by the Board or its representatives, or by the court or any officer thereof. Any individual claiming benefits in any proceeding before the Board or its representative or the court may be represented by counsel or other duly authorized agent; but no such counsel or agent shall either charge or receive for such services more than an amount approved by the Board. Any person who violates any provision of this subsection shall, for each such offense, be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. "PENALTIES "SEC. 19. (a) Whoever makes a false statement or representation knowing it to be false, or knowingly fails to disclose a material fact, to obtain or increase any benefit or other payment provided for in this Act for himself or any other individual, shall, for each such offense, be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned not more than sixty days, or both. "(b) Any employing unit, and any officer or agent of any employ- ing unit or any other person, who furnishes a false record or makes a false statement or representation, knowing it to be false, or who knowingly fails to disclose a material fact to avoid the payment of any or all of the contributions required of such employing unit under this Act, or to prevent or reduce the payment of benefits to any indi- vidual entitled thereto, or who fails or refuses to pay the contributions 123 Employer reports. Inviolability. Ante, p. 119. Penalty. Invalidityof waiver. Penalty. Assignments. Exemption of bene- fits from levy, etc. Fees. Penalty. Fase statement. False employer rec- ord.
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