§ 1643k. — Fees for services; 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: 22USC1643k]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 21--SETTLEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS
SUBCHAPTER V--CLAIMS AGAINST CUBA AND CHINA
Sec. 1643k. Fees for services; limitation; penalty
No remuneration on account of any 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 so much of the total
amount of such claim, as determined under this subchapter, as does not
exceed $20,000, plus 5 per centum of so much of such amount, if any, as
exceeds $20,000. 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 fined not more than $5,000
or imprisoned not more than twelve months, or both.
(Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 54, title V, Sec. 512, as added Pub. L. 88-666, Oct.
16, 1964, 78 Stat. 1113.)
