[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 39, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 39CFR501.4]

[Page 175]
 
                        TITLE 39--POSTAL SERVICE
 
                 CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
 
PART 501--AUTHORIZATION TO MANUFACTURE AND DISTRIBUTE POSTAGE METERS--Table 
of Contents
 
Sec. 501.4  Burden of proof standard.

    The burden of proof is on the Postal Service in adjudications of 
suspension and revocation under Secs. 501.5 and 501.12 and 
administrative sanctions under Secs. 501.14 and 501.23. Except as 
otherwise indicated in those sections, the standard of proof shall be 
the preponderance-of-evidence standard.