Sec. 9. enforcement of act

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## Sec. 9 enforcement of act ###

(a)Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Act, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall enforce its provisions. ###

(b)For enforcing the provisions of sections 4, 5, and 7, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may cause investigations, inspections, analyses, and tests to be made and samples to be collected, of any dangerous caustic or corrosive substance. The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare shall pay to the person entitled, upon his request, the reasonable market value of any such sample taken. If it appears from the inspection, analysis, or test of any dangerous caustic or corrosive substance that such substance is in a misbranded package, parcel, or container suitable for household use, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall cause notice thereof to be given to any person who may be liable for any violation of section 3 or 6 in respect of such substance. Any person so notified shall be given an opportunity to be heard under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. If it appears that such person has violated the provisions of section 3 or 6 the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall at once certify the facts to the proper United States district attorney, with a copy of the results of the inspection, analysis, or test duly authenticated under oath by the person making such inspection, analysis, or test. ###

(c)For the enforcement of his functions under this Act the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare is authorized: ####

(1)To prescribe and promulgate such regulations as may be necessary; ####

(2)To cooperate with any department or agency of the Government, with any State, Territory, or possession, or with the District of Columbia, or with any department, agency, or political subdivision thereof, or with any person; ####

(3)Subject to the civil-service laws to appoint and, in accordance with the Classification Act of 1949, to fix the salaries of such officers and employees as may be required for the execution of the functions of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under this Act and as may be provided for by the Congress from time to time; ####

(4)To make such expenditures (including expenditures for personal services and rent at the seat of Government and elsewhere, and for law books, books of reference, and periodicals) as may be required for the execution of the functions vested in the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by this Act and as may be provided for by the Congress from time to time; ####

(5)To give notice, by publication in such manner as the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may by regulation prescribe, of the judgment of the court in any case under the provisions of this Act.