2014 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare (Sections 1 - 18445)
Chapter 12 - Compensation for Injury, Death, or Detention of Employees of Contractors With United States Outside United States (Sections 1701 - 1717)
Subchapter II - Miscellaneous Provisions (Sections 1711 - 1717)
Sec. 1714 - Legal services
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 12 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY, DEATH, OR DETENTION OF EMPLOYEES OF CONTRACTORS WITH UNITED STATES OUTSIDE UNITED STATES SUBCHAPTER II - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Sec. 1714 - Legal services |
| Contains | section 1714 |
| Date | 2014 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Dec. 2, 1942, ch. 668, title II, §204, 56 Stat. 1034. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 56 Stat. 1034 |
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No claim for legal services or for any other services rendered in respect of a claim or award for compensation under subchapter I of this chapter to or on account of any person shall be valid unless approved by the Secretary; and any claim so approved shall, in the manner and to the extent fixed by the said Secretary, be paid out of the compensation payable to the claimant; and any person who receives any fee, other consideration, or any gratuity on account of services so rendered, unless such consideration or gratuity is so approved, or who solicits employment for another person or for himself in respect of any claim or award for compensation under said subchapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall, for each offense, be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
(Dec. 2, 1942, ch. 668, title II, §204, 56 Stat. 1034.)
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONSFor transfer of functions to Secretary of Labor, see note set out under section 1711 of this title.
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