[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR210.37]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                 CHAPTER II--UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL
                            TRADE COMMISSION
 
PART 210--ADJUDICATION AND ENFORCEMENT--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart F--Prehearing Conferences and Hearings
 
Sec. 210.37  Evidence.

    (a) Burden of proof. The proponent of any factual proposition shall 
be required to sustain the burden of proof with respect thereto.
    (b) Admissibility. Relevant, material, and reliable evidence shall 
be admitted. Irrelevant, immaterial, unreliable, or unduly repetitious 
evidence shall be excluded. Immaterial or irrelevant parts of an 
admissible document shall be segregated and excluded as far as 
practicable.
    (c) Information obtained in investigations. Any documents, papers, 
books, physical exhibits, or other materials or information obtained by 
the Commission under any of its powers may be disclosed by the 
Commission investigative attorney when necessary in connection with 
investigations and may be offered in evidence by the Commission 
investigative attorney.
    (d) Official notice. When any decision of the administrative law 
judge rests, in whole or in part, upon the taking of official notice of 
a material fact not appearing in evidence of record, opportunity to 
disprove such noticed fact shall be granted any party making timely 
motion therefor.
    (e) Objections. Objections to evidence shall be made in timely 
fashion and shall briefly state the grounds relied upon. Rulings on all 
objections shall appear on the record.
    (f) Exceptions. Formal exception to an adverse ruling is not 
required.
    (g) Excluded evidence. When an objection to a question propounded to 
a witness is sustained, the examining party may make a specific offer of 
what he expects to prove by the answer of the witness, or the 
administrative law judge may in his discretion receive and report the 
evidence in full. Rejected exhibits, adequately marked for 
identification, shall be retained with the record so as to be available 
for consideration by any reviewing authority.