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PUBLIC LAW 91-670-JAN. 11, 1971
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assessment or fee duly required of him thereunder shall be subject to criminal prosecution and shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 for each such offense. I N V E S T I G A T I O N A N D POWER TO S U B P E N A
SEC. 313. (a) The Secretary may make such investigations as he deems necessary for the effective carrying out of his responsibilities under this title or to determine whether a handler or any other person has engaged or is engaging in any acts or practices which constitute a violation of any provision of this title, or of any plan, or rule or regulation issued under this title. For the purpose of any such investigation, the Secretary is empowered to administer oaths and affirmations, subpena witnesses, compel their attendance, take evidence, and require the production of any books, papers, and documents which are relevant to the inquiry. Such attendance of witnesses and the production of any such records may be required from any place in the United States. In case of contumacy by, or refusal to obey a subpena issued to, any person, including a handler, the Secretary may invoke the aid of any court of the United States within the jurisdiction of which such investigation or proceeding is carried on, or where such person resides or carries on business, in requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books, papers, and documents; and such court may issue an order requiring such person to appear before the Secretary, there to produce records, if so ordered, or to give testiPenaity. mouy touching the matter under investigation. Any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as contempt thereof. All process in any such case may be served in the judicial district whereof such person is an inhabitant or wherever he may be Hearings, juris- fouud. The site of any hearings held under this section shall be within ^ ^°"* the judicial district where such handler or other person is an inhabitant or has his principal place of business. seif-incrimina^ly"^ ^TQ persou shall be excused from attending and testifying or tion, p r i v i l e g e. from producing books, papers, and documents before the Secretary, or in obedience to the subpena of the Secretary, or in any cause or proceeding, criminal or otherwise, based upon, or growing out of any alleged violation of this title, or of any plan, or rule or regulation issued thereunder on the ground or for the reason that the testimony 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 thin^ concerning which he is compelled, after having claimed his privilege against selfincrimination, to testify or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, except that any individual so testifying shall not be exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in so testifying. REQUIREMENT
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SEC. 314. The Secretary shall conduct a referendum among producers who, during a representative period determined by the Secretary, have been engaged in the production of potatoes for the purpose of ascertaining whether the issuance of a plan is approved or favored by producers. No plan issued pursuant to this title shall be effective unless the Secretary determines that the issuance of such plan is approved or favored by not less than two-thirds of the producers voting in such referendum, or by the producers of not less than twothirds of the potatoes produced during the representative period by
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