52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3 D SESS.-CH. 680 -JUNE 25, 1938 DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE BOARD SEO. 12 . (a) For the purpose of any investigation or other proceed- ing relative to the determination of any right to benefits, or relative to any other matter within its jurisdiction under this Act, the Board shall have the power to issue subpenas requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of any evidence, documen- tary or otherwise, that relates to any matter under investigation or in question, before the Board or any member, employee, or representa- tive thereof. Any member of the Board or any of its employees or representatives designated by it may administer oaths and affirma- tions, examine witnesses, and receive evidence. Such attendance of witnesses and production of evidence may be required from any place in the United States or any Territory or possession thereof at any designated place of hearing. All subpenas may be served and returned by anyone authorized by the Board in the same manner as is now provided by law for the service and return by United States marshals of subpenas in suits in equity. Such service may also be made by registered mail and in such case the return post-office receipt shall be proof of service. Witnesses summoned in accordance with this sub- section shall be paid the same fees and mileage as are paid witnesses in the district courts of the United States. (b) In case of contumacy by, or refusal to obey a subpena lawfully issued to, any person, the Board may invoke the aid of the district court of the United States or the United States courts of any Territory or possession, where such person is found or resides or is otherwise subject to service of process, or the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia if the investigation or proceeding is being carried on in the District of Columbia, in requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of evidence. Any such court shall issue an order requiring such person to appear before the Board or its specified employee or representative at the place specified in the subpena of the Board, whether within or without the judicial district of the court, there to produce evidence, if so ordered, or there to give testimony concerning the matter under inves- tigation or in question; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by said court as a contempt thereof. All orders, writs. and processes in any such proceeding may be served in the judicial district of the district court issuing such order, writ, or process, except that the orders, writs, and processes of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia in such proceedings may run and be served anywhere in the United States. (c) No person shall be excused from attending or testifying in obedience to a subpena issued under this Act or from complying with any subpena duces tecum issued under this Act, on the ground that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or for- feiture; but no person shall be prosecuted or subjected to any pen- alty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing concerning which he is compelled, after having claimed his privilege against self-incrimination, to testify or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, but such person so testifying shall not be exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in so testifying. (d) Information obtained by the Board in connection with the administration of this Act shall not be revealed or open to inspection nor be published in any manner revealing an employee's identity: 1107 Duties and powers of Board. Issuance of sub- penas. Oaths, etc. Attendance of wit- nesses. Witness fees and mileage. Action in case of contumacy, etc. Service of court orders. e I f-ncrimination no excuse from testi- fying, etc. Immunity from prosecution, etc. Inviolability of information obtained.
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