29 USC § 168 - Validation of certificates and other Board actions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t29/s168"
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title: "29 USC § 168 - Validation of certificates and other Board actions"
title_number: 29
title_name: "LABOR"
section_number: "168"
section_name: "Validation of certificates and other Board actions"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 5, 1935, ch. 372, § 18, as added Oct. 22, 1951, ch. 534, § 1(a), 65 Stat. 601.)"
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# § 168. Validation of certificates and other Board actions

section 159 of this titleDecember 22, 1949November 7, 1947*Provided*October 22, 1951*Provided, however*

No petition entertained, no investigation made, no election held, and no certification issued by the National Labor Relations Board, under any of the provisions of , shall be invalid by reason of the failure of the Congress of Industrial Organizations to have complied with the requirements of section 159(f), (g), or (h) of this title prior to , or by reason of the failure of the American Federation of Labor to have complied with the provisions of section 159(f), (g), or (h) of this title prior to : , That no liability shall be imposed under any provision of this chapter upon any person for failure to honor any election or certificate referred to above, prior to : , That this proviso shall not have the effect of setting aside or in any way affecting judgments or decrees heretofore entered under section 160(e) or (f) of this title and which have become final.

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**Source Credit**: (July 5, 1935, ch. 372, § 18, as added Oct. 22, 1951, ch. 534, § 1(a), 65 Stat. 601.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 159(f), (g), or (h) of this title, referred to in text, was repealed by , . See .