(a) Whenever a request is made
by the Fund to the United States as a member to furnish data under
article VIII, section 5, of the Articles of Agreement of the Fund,
the President may, through any agency he may designate, require any
person to furnish such information as the President may determine
to be essential to comply with such request. In making such determination
the President shall seek to collect the information only in such detail
as is necessary to comply with the request of the Fund. No information
so acquired shall be furnished to the Fund in such detail that the
affairs of any person are disclosed.
(b) In the
event any person refuses to furnish such information when requested
to do so, the President through any designated governmental agency,
may by subpoena require such person to appear and testify or to appear
and produce records and other documents, or both. In case of contumacy
by, or refusal to obey a subpoena served upon any such person, the
district court for any district in which such person is found or resides
or transacts business, upon application by the President or any governmental
agency designated by him, shall have jurisdiction to issue an order
requiring such person to appear and give testimony or appear and produce
records and documents, or both; and any failure to obey such order
of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof.
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(c) It shall be unlawful for any officer or employee of the Government,
or for any advisor or consultant to the Government, to disclose, otherwise
than in the course of official duty, any information obtained under
this section, or to use any such information for his personal benefit.
Whoever violates any of the provisions of this subsection shall, upon
conviction, be fined not more than $5,000, or imprisoned for not more
than five years, or both.
(d) The term “person”
as used in this section means an individual, partnership, corporation
or association.
[22 USC 286f.]
