Regulations last checked for updates: May 18, 2024

Title 44 - Emergency Management and Assistance last revised: Mar 22, 2024
§ 401.5 - Defense against claims for damages.

No person shall be held liable for damages or penalties for any default under any contract or order which shall result directly or indirectly from compliance with this order or any provision thereof, notwithstanding that this order or such provision shall thereafter be declared by judicial or other competent authority to be invalid.

authority: Sec. 704, 64 Stat. 816, as amended; 50 U.S.C. app. 2154, as amended; Interpret or apply secs. 101, 705, 64 Stat. 799, as amended; 50 U.S.C. app. 2071; E.O. 10480, 3 CFR, 1949–1953 Comp., p. 962
source: Transportation Order T–1, 30 FR 9092, July 21, 1965; 32 FR 15831, Nov. 17, 1967, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 45 FR 44574, July 1, 1980.
cite as: 44 CFR 401.5