For the efficient administration and enforcement of this chapter, the provisions (including penalties) of sections
46,
48,
49 and
50 of title
15 (except paragraphs (c) through (h) of section
46 and the last paragraph of section
49[1] of title
15), and the provisions of section
409(l)[1] of title
47; are made applicable to the jurisdiction, powers, and duties of the Secretary in administering and enforcing the provisions of this chapter and to any person, firm, or corporation with respect to whom such authority is exercised. The Secretary, in person or by such agents as he may designate, may prosecute any inquiry necessary to his duties under this chapter in any part of the United States, and the powers conferred by said sections
49 and
50 of title
15 on the district courts of the United States may be exercised for the purposes of this chapter by any court designated in section
674 of this title.
For the efficient administration and enforcement of this chapter, the provisions (including penalties) of sections
46,
48,
49 and
50 of title
15 (except paragraphs (c) through (h) of section
46 and the last paragraph of section
49[1] of title
15), and the provisions of section
409(l)[1] of title
47; are made applicable to the jurisdiction, powers, and duties of the Secretary in administering and enforcing the provisions of this chapter and to any person, firm, or corporation with respect to whom such authority is exercised. The Secretary, in person or by such agents as he may designate, may prosecute any inquiry necessary to his duties under this chapter in any part of the United States, and the powers conferred by said sections
49 and
50 of title
15 on the district courts of the United States may be exercised for the purposes of this chapter by any court designated in section
674 of this title.
The last paragraph of section
49 of title
15, and the provisions of section
409(l) of title
47, referred to in text, which related to immunity of witnesses, were repealed by sections
211 and
242, respectively, of Pub. L. 91–452, Oct. 15, 1970, title II, 84 Stat. 929, 930. For provisions relating to immunity of witnesses, see section
6001 et seq. of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.
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