2016 US Code
Title 22 - Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 21 - Settlement of International Claims
Subchapter IV - Claims Against Czechoslovakia
Sec. 1642m - Fees of attorneys; limitation; penalty
22 U.S.C. § 1642m (2016) |
§1642m. Fees of attorneys; limitation; penalty |
No remuneration on account of services rendered on behalf of any claimant in connection with any claim filed with the Commission under this subchapter shall exceed 10 per centum of the total amount paid pursuant to any award certified under the provisions of this subchapter on account of such claim. Any agreement to the contrary shall be unlawful and void. Whoever, in the United States or elsewhere, demands or receives, on account of services so rendered, any remuneration in excess of the maximum permitted by this section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than twelve months, or both. |
(Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 54, title IV, §414, as added Pub. L. 85–604, §1, Aug. 8, 1958, 72 Stat. 530.) |
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Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE CHAPTER 21 - SETTLEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS SUBCHAPTER IV - CLAIMS AGAINST CZECHOSLOVAKIA Sec. 1642m - Fees of attorneys; limitation; penalty |
section 1642m |
2016 |
January 6, 2017 |
No |
standard |
72 Stat. 530 |
Public Law 85-604 |