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[81 STAT. 771]
PUBLIC LAW 90-000—MMMM. DD, 1968
[81 STAT. 771]

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PUBLIC LAW 90-237-JAN. 2, 1968

of section 14(b) of this title, the Board shall publish in the Federal Register the fact that such order has become final, and publication thereof shall constitute notice to all persons that such order has become final." SEC. 11. Section 13A of such Act is amended as follows: (1) Subsection (a) of such section is amended by inserting immediately preceding the last sentence the following new sentence: "A dissolution of such organization subsequent to the date of the filing of any petition for a determination that it is Communist-infiltrated, shall nofmoot or abate the proceedings, but the Board shall receive evidence and proceed to a determination of the issues: Provided, however, That if the Board shall determine such organization to be a Communist-infiltrated organization as of the time of the tiling of such petition and prior to its alleged dissolution, and shall find that a dissolution of the organization has in fact occurred, the Board shall enter an order determining such organization to be a Communist-infiltrated organization and the Board shall include it as such in the appropriate records maintained pursuant to section 9 of this title, together with a notation of its dissolution." (2) Subsection (d) of such section is amended to read as follows: " (d) The provisions of subsections (c) and (d) of section 13 shall apply to hearings conducted under this section." SEC. 12. The seventh sentence of subsection (a) of section 14 of such Act is amended to read as follows: "If the court shall set aside an order issued under subsection (j) of section 13, or under subsection (f) of section 13A, it may, in the case of an organization, enter a judgment requiring the Board to issue an order determining that such organization no longer is a Communist-action organization. Communist-front organization, or a Communist-infiltrated organization, as the case may be, or in the case of an individual, enter a judgment requiring the Board to issue an order determining that such individual no longer is a member of a Communist-action organization." SEC. 13. Section 15 of such Act is amended to read as follows:

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a.PENALTIES

"SEC. 15. Any organization which violates any provision of section 10 of this title shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished for each such violation by a fine of not more than $10,000. Any individual who violates any provision of section 5 or 10 of this title shall, upon con- .j^^^^' ^' ^^^' viction thereof, be punished for each such violation by a fine of not more than $10,000 or by imprisonment for not more than five years, or by both such fine and imprisonment." SEC. 14. (a) In the case of any organization which, by proceedings under section 13(a) of the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950 ^"'®' P- ^^^ completed before the date of enactment of this Act, has been finally determined by the Subversive Activities Control Board to be a Communist-action organization or a Communist-front organization and has been ordered to register as a result of such determination, the Board shall forthwith modify its previously issued registration order as may be necessary to conform such order to the provisions of section 13(g) of the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950, as amended by this Act, and shall forthwith include such organization on the record required to be maintained under section 9 of the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950, as amended by this Act. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed so as to prevent any such organization from filing a petition as provided in subsection (b) of section 13 of the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950, as amended by this Act.