§ 1642m. — Fees of attorneys; limitation; penalty.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC1642m]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 21--SETTLEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS
SUBCHAPTER IV--CLAIMS AGAINST CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Sec. 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, Sec. 414, as added Pub. L. 85-604,
Sec. 1, Aug. 8, 1958, 72 Stat. 530.)
