Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 52.djvu/1057

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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 601-JUNE 23, 1938 Interference with air navigation. Granting rebates. Failure to file ports. Falsification, etc., records. Interference With Air Navigation (c) A person shall be subject to a fine of not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment not exceeding five years, or to both such fine and imprisonment, who- (1) with intent to interfere with air navigation within the United States, exhibits within the United States any light or signal at such place or in such manner that it is likely to be mistaken for a true light or signal established pursuant to this Act, or for a true light or signal in connection with an airport or other air navigation facility; or (2) after due warning by the Administrator, continues to main- tain any misleading light or signal; or (3) knowingly removes, extinguishes, or interferes with the operation of any such true light or signal. Granting Rebates (d) Any air carrier or foreign air carrier, or any officer, agent, employee, or representative thereof, who shall, knowingly and will- fully, offer, grant, or give, or cause to be offered, granted, or given, any rebate or other concession in violation of the provisions of this Act, or who, by any device or means, shall, knowingly and willfully, assist, or shall willingly suffer or permit, any person to obtain trans- portation or services subject to this Act at less than the rates, fares, or charges lawfully in effect shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject for each offense to a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $5,000. Failure to File Reports; Falsification of Records re- (e) Any air carrier, or any officer, agent, employee, or representa- tive thereof, who shall, knowingly and willfully, fail or refuse to make a report to the Authority as required by this Act, or to keep or preserve accounts, records, and memoranda in the form and manner prescribed or approved by the Authority, or shall, know- ingly and willfully, falsify, mutilate, or alter any such report, account, record, or memorandum, or shall knowingly and willfully file any false report, account, record, or memorandum shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, be subject for each offense to a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $5,000. Divulging Information [oDlgin g inorma- (f) If any member of the Authority or the Air Safety Board, or the Administrator, or any officer or employee of any of them, shall knowingly and willfully divulge any fact or information which may come to his knowledge during the course of an examination of the accounts, records, and memoranda of any air carrier, or which is Post, p. 102. withheld from public disclosure under section 1104, except as he may be directed by the Authority, or the Air Safety Board in the case of information ordered to be withheld by it or by a court of competent jurisdiction or a judge thereof, he shall upon conviction thereof be subject for each offense to a fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment for not more than two years, or both. Refusal to testify. Refusal to Testify (g) Any person who shall neglect or refuse to attend and testify, or to answer any lawful inquiry, or to produce books, papers, or [52 STAT. tl