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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 60. Penalty for suppression of voluntary information incident to accidents; separability
Any contract, rule, regulation, or device whatsoever, the
purpose, intent, or effect of which shall be to prevent employees
of any common carrier from furnishing voluntarily information to a
person in interest as to the facts incident to the injury or death
of any employee, shall be void, and whoever, by threat,
intimidation, order, rule, contract, regulation, or device
whatsoever, shall attempt to prevent any person from furnishing
voluntarily such information to a person in interest, or whoever
discharges or otherwise disciplines or attempts to discipline any
employee for furnishing voluntarily such information to a person in
interest, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of
not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or
by both such fine and imprisonment, for each offense: Provided,
That nothing herein contained shall be construed to void any
contract, rule, or regulation with respect to any information
contained in the files of the carrier, or other privileged or
confidential reports.
If any provision of this chapter is declared unconstitutional or
the applicability thereof to any person or circumstances is held
invalid, the validity of the remainder of the chapter and the
applicability of such provision to other persons and circumstances
shall not be affected thereby.
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