[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 38, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
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[CITE: 38CFR18b.52]

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            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
          CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (CONTINUED)
 
PART 18b--PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE UNDER TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 
1964 AND PART 18 OF THIS CHAPTER--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 18b.52  Testimony.

    Testimony shall be given orally under oath or affirmation by 
witnesses at the hearing; but the presiding officer, in the officer's 
discretion, may require or permit that the direct testimony of any 
witness be prepared in writing and served on all parties in advance of 
the hearing. Such testimony may be adopted by the witness at the 
hearing, and filed as part of the record thereof. Unless authorized by 
the presiding officer, witnesses will not be permitted to read prepared 
testimony into the record. Except as provided in Secs. 18b.54 and 
18b.55, witnesses shall be available at the hearing for cross-
examination.

[35 FR 10760, July 2, 1970, as amended at 51 FR 10386, Mar. 26, 1986]