[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 11, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 11CFR111.17]

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                       TITLE 11--FEDERAL ELECTIONS
 
                 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
 
PART 111--COMPLIANCE PROCEDURE (2 U.S.C. 437g, 437d(a))--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart A--Enforcement
 
Sec. 111.17  The probable cause to believe finding; notification (2 U.S.C. 437g(a)(4)).

    (a) If the Commission, after having found reason to believe and 
after following the procedures set forth in 11 CFR 111.16, determines by 
an affirmative vote of four (4) of its members that there is probable 
cause to believe that a respondent has violated a statute or regulation 
over which the Commission has jurisdiction, the Commission shall 
authorize the General Counsel to so notify the respondent by letter.
    (b) If the Commission finds no probable cause to believe or 
otherwise orders a termination of Commission proceedings, it shall 
authorize the General Counsel to so notify both respondent and 
complainant by letter.

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