[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
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[CITE: 20CFR498.224]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
               CHAPTER III--SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 498_CIVIL MONETARY PENALTIES, ASSESSMENTS AND RECOMMENDED EXCLUSIONS
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Sec. 498.224  Harmless error.

    No error in either the admission or the exclusion of evidence, and 
no error or defect in any ruling or order or in any act done or omitted 
by the ALJ or by any of the parties is ground for vacating, modifying or 
otherwise disturbing an otherwise appropriate ruling or order or act, 
unless refusal to take such action appears to the ALJ or the DAB to be 
inconsistent with substantial justice. The ALJ and the DAB at every 
stage of the proceeding will disregard any error or defect in the 
proceeding that does not affect the substantial rights of the parties.

[61 FR 65472, Dec. 13, 1996]

                           PART 499 [RESERVED]