§ 412. — Documents filed with Commission as public records; prima facie evidence; confidential records.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 47USC412]
TITLE 47--TELEGRAPHS, TELEPHONES, AND RADIOTELEGRAPHS
CHAPTER 5--WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION
SUBCHAPTER IV--PROCEDURAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Sec. 412. Documents filed with Commission as public records;
prima facie evidence; confidential records
The copies of schedules of charges, classifications, and of all
contracts, agreements, and arrangements between common carriers filed
with the Commission as herein provided, and the statistics, tables, and
figures contained in the annual or other reports of carriers and other
persons made to the Commission as required under the provisions of this
chapter shall be preserved as public records in the custody of the
secretary of the Commission, and shall be received as prima facie
evidence of what they purport to be for the purpose of investigations by
the Commission and in all judicial proceedings; and copies of and
extracts from any of said schedules, classifications, contracts,
agreements, arrangements, or reports, made public records as aforesaid,
certified by the secretary, under the Commission's seal, shall be
received in evidence with like effect as the originals: Provided, That
the Commission may, if the public interest will be served thereby, keep
confidential any contract, agreement, or arrangement relating to foreign
wire or radio communication when the publication of such contract,
agreement, or arrangement would place American communication companies
at a disadvantage in meeting the competition of foreign communication
companies.
(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title IV, Sec. 412, 48 Stat. 1099.)
