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"§ 502. Regulations authorized "The Governor of the Canal Zone is hereby authorized to prescribe, and from time to time alter and amend, regulations for the Canal Zone governing the registration, and regulating the practice, of architects and professional engineers. Such regulations may include provisions covering issuance, suspension, revocation, and reissuance of certificates of registration, and may also provide for the certification of architects-in-training and engineers-in-training, and for the levying of appropriate fees. "§ 503. Punishment for violations "Any person who shall violate any regulation established under authority of the next preceding section shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $500, or by imprisonment in jail for not more than one year, or by both. "§ 504. Injunction to restrain violation "The District Attorney for the Canal Zone is hereby authorized to apply for relief by injunction to restrain a person from the commission of any act which may be prohibited by the regulations established under authority of section 502 of this title. In such proceedings it shall not be necessary for the District Attorney to allege or prove either that an adequate remedy at law does not exist, or that substantial and irreparable damage would result from the continued violation thereof. "§ 505. Investigations; attendance of witnesses; production of books and papers; subpena procedure; witness fees "In the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this chapter and of the regulations prescribed under authority thereof, the Governor or such officer or officers as he may designate shall have power (a) to investigate for unauthorized and unlawful practice, to require the attendance of witnesses and the production of books and papers, and to require such witnesses to testify as to any and all matters within his jurisdiction, and (b) to issue subpenas and to administer oaths. Upon the failure of any person to attend as a witness, when duly subpenaed, or to produce documents when duly directed, the Governor or other designated officer shall have power to refer the matter to the judge of the United States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone, who may order the attendance of such witness, or the production of such documents or require the said witness to testify, as the case may be, and upon the failure of the witness to attend, to testify, or to produce such documents, as the case may be, such witness may be punished for contempt of court as for failure to obey a subpena issued or to testify in a case pending before said court. Witnesses in proceedings before the Governor or other designated officer shall be paid the same fees that are paid witnesses in the United States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone." Approved July 9, 1956. Public Law 675 ,195 6 July 9, CH. R. 1
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CHAPTER 533
AN ACT To amend the Texas City Disaster Claims Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of August 12, 1955 (69 Stat. 707), is amended by striking out "prior to" where it appears in section 3(a) and substituting in lieu thereof "on
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