44 CFR § 401.5 - Defense against claims for damages.

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title: "44 CFR § 401.5 - Defense against claims for damages."
title_number: 44
title_name: "Emergency Management and Assistance"
section_number: "401.5"
section_name: "Defense against claims for damages."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
part_number: "401"
part_name: "SHIPPING RESTRICTIONS (T-1)"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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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."
regulatory_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."
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# 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.