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may sue the wrongdoer in any United States court of competent jurisdiction 
and shall recover twice the amount of such pecuniary loss, together with costs, 
including a reasonable attorney’s fee. 
(b) A certified copy of the findings by the commission or by a Federal trade 
organization shall be admitted as evidence. 
Sec. 22. LAW ENFORCEMENT—SPECIAL ORDERS.—(a) The Federal Trade Com- 
mission and any Federal trade organization may issue a complaint against a 
person, firm, or other organization, stating that claim has been made that he or 
they are violating a law or regulation the enforcement of which is confided to 
the said organization. At the hearing if the claim is substantiated the said 
organization may issue a special order against the wrongdoer enjoining hin from 
doing the things which are declared to be unlawful. 
(b) Where the commission or a Federal trade organization by its own initiative 
issues a complaint, no suit by any person, firm, or other organization for damages 
shall lie for acts done before the issuance of the said complaint. 
Sec. 23. PENavLTIES.—(a) Any person who shall neglect or refuse to attend 
and testify, or to answer any lawful inquiry, or to produce documentary evidence, 
if in his power to do so, in obedience to the request and lawful requirements of 
the commission or of a Federal trade organization, shall be guilty of an offense, 
and upon conviction thereof under the procedure provided in this act shall be 
punished by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $5,000, or by imprison- 
ment for not more than one year, or by fine and imprisonment. 
(b) Any person who shall willfully make or cause to be made any false entry 
or statement of fact in a report required to be made under this act, or who shall 
willfully make or cause to be made any false entry in any account, record, or 
memorandum kept by any corporation, firm, or person, subject to this act, or 
who shall neglect or fail to make or cause to be made full, true, and correct 
entries in such accounts, records, or memorandum of all facts and transactions 
appertaining to the business of the corporation, firm, or person, or who shall 
willfully remove out of the jurisdiction of the commission or Federal trade 
organization, or willfully shall mutilate, alter, or by any other means falsify any 
documentary evidence of such corporation, firm, or person, or who shall will- 
fully refuse to submit to the commission or other organization, or to any of 
their authorized agents for the purpose of inspection and taking copy, any docu- 
mentary evidence of such corporation, firm, or person, in his possession, or 
within his control, shall be deemed guilty of an offense against the nation, and 
shall be subject, upon conviction thereof under the procedure provided in this 
act, to a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $5,000, or to imprisonment for 
a term of not more than three years, or to both such fine and imprisonment. 
(c) If any corporation, firm, or person required by this act to file an annual or 
special report shall fail to do so within the time fixed by the commission or board, 
national trade organization, and such failure shall continue for 30 days after notice 
of such default, the corporation, firm, or person shall forfeit to the United States 
the sum of $50 for each and every day of the continuance or failure, which for- 
feiture shall be payable to the Federal Treasury and shall be recoverable in a civil 
suit in the name of the Government, and be brought in the United States district 
court in the State where the corporation, firm, or person is doing business. The 
duty of the Federal prosecuting attorneys shall be to prosecute for the recovery 
of forfeitures. The cost and expenses of such prosecution shall be paid out of the 
appropriation for the expenses of district courts. 
(d) Any officer or employee of the commission or national trade organization 
who shall make public any information obtained by the commission or national 
trade organization without its authorization, unless directed to do so by a court, 
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof in a Federal 
court shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding $5,000 or by imprisonment not 
exceeding one year, or by fine and imprisoninent. 
(e) If any corporation, firm or person who is being regulated shall willfully 
fail to obey a regulation lawfully in force, he shall be deemed guilty of an offense 
against the people, and shall be subject upon conviction thereof under the pro- 
cedure of this act, to a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $5.000. or to both 
such fine and imprisonment. 
Sec. 24. DEFINITIONS.—(a) As used in this act the term “interstate com- 
merce’ means commerce between the States, or between a State and a Territory, 
or between any State and the District of Columbia, or between the District of 
Columbia and any Territory. 
(b) The term ‘‘documentary evidence’ means all documents, papers and 
eorrespondence in existence at and after the passage of this act.