[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
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[CITE: 20CFR501.10]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
 CHAPTER IV--EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 501--RULES OF PROCEDURE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 501.10  Number of copies of pleadings and related documents; service; computation of time.

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, any 
application, pleading, petition, brief or other memorandum shall be 
filed in duplicate (original and 1 copy) with the Board; the Board shall 
serve the copy upon the other party.
    (b) Instead of filing the duplicate of any such document with the 
Board, the party submitting it may serve the duplicate or copy directly 
upon the Director and make a notation to that effect upon the copy filed 
with the Board.
    (c) Any notice or order required under this part to be given or 
served shall be by certified or registered mail or by personal service.
    (d) Computation of Time. (1) In computing any period of time 
prescribed or allowed by these rules or by direction of the Board, the 
first day counted shall be the day after the event from which the time 
period begins to run, and the last day for filing shall be included in 
the computation. If the last day for filing falls on a Saturday, Sunday, 
or Federal holiday, the first working day thereafter shall be the last 
day for timely filing. For purposes of computing the time for filing a 
notice of appeal or a petition for reconsideration, the event which 
commences the running of the time period shall be construed as occurring 
on the date the relevant decision is issued, and not the date the 
decision is actually received.
    (2) Whenever a paper is served on the Board by mail, paragraph 
(d)(1) of this section will be deemed complied with if the envelope 
containing the paper is

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postmarked within the time period allowed, computed as in paragraph 
(d)(1) of this section. If there is no postmark, or it is not legible, 
other evidence, such as, but not limited to, certified mail receipts, 
certificate of service and affidavits, may be used to establish the date 
of mailing.
    (3) A waiver or an extension of the time limitations for filing a 
paper, other than a notice of appeal or a petition for reconsideration, 
may be requested by motion.

[27 FR 12186, Dec. 8, 1962, as amended at 53 FR 49491, Dec. 7, 1988]