When to pay fees; surcharge to be paid for late payment.
Section 5
SEC. 5. When to pay fees; surcharge to be paid for late payment.—Upon the initial registration of a radio receiving set, as provided in section three hereof, the fee for at least three months shall be paid in advance. Thereafter, fees shall be payable in not less than quarterly installments, each of which shall be paid in advance during the first thirty days of the quarter in which such fees are due. Any fee not paid within the time fixed shall be increased by a surcharge of twenty per centum thereof: Provided, however, That the Secretary of Commerce and Communications may prescribe rules and regulations changing the time of payment of fees from quarterly to semi-annually or annually: Provided, further, That he may also prescribe such rules and regulations as may be advisable to assure the prompt or immediate registration and advance payment or collection of fees on receiving sets sold by dealers and on sets entering the country through the mails or the customhouse and those brought by persons coming from abroad, notwithstanding the provisions of section three of this Act regarding thirty clays time allowed for registration.