[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 4]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1626.19]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
                               COMMISSION
 
PART 1626--PROCEDURES--AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT ACT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1626.19  Rules to be liberally construed.

    (a) These rules and regulations shall be liberally construed to 
effectuate the purposes and provisions of this Act and any other acts 
administered by the Commission.
    (b) Whenever the Commission receives a charge or obtains information 
relating to possible violations of one of the statutes which it 
administers and the charge or information reveals possible violations of 
one or more of the other statutes which it administers, the Commission 
will treat such charges or information in accordance with all such 
relevant statutes.
    (c) Whenever a charge is filed under one statute and it is 
subsequently believed that the alleged discrimination constitutes an 
unlawful employment

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practice under another statute administered and enforced by the 
Commission, the charge may be so amended and timeliness determined from 
the date of filing of the original charge.