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33 U.S.C. 18 - SECTIONS 901-950
LONGSHORE-HARBOR WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT (LHWCA)
TITLE 33 > CHAPTER 18 > § 949
NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 18--LONGSHORE AND HARBOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION
Sec. 949. Effect of unconstitutionality
If any part of this chapter is adjudged unconstitutional by the
courts, and such adjudication has the effect of invalidating any payment
of compensation under this chapter, the period intervening between the
time the injury was sustained and the time of such adjudication shall
not be computed as a part of the time prescribed by law for the
commencement of any action against the employer in respect of such
injury; but the amount of any compensation paid under this chapter on
account of such injury shall be deducted from the amount of damages
awarded in such action in respect of such injury.
(Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 509, Sec. 50 formerly Sec. 49, 44 Stat. 1446;
renumbered Sec. 50, Pub. L. 92-576, Sec. 19, Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat.
1263.)
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