[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR700.72]

[Page 97]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
  CHAPTER VII--BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 700_DEFENSE PRIORITIES AND ALLOCATIONS SYSTEM--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart J_Compliance
 
Sec.  700.72  Compulsory process.

    (a) If a person refuses to permit a duly authorized representative 
of Commerce to have access to any premises or source of information 
necessary to the administration or the enforcement of the Defense 
Production Act, the Selective Service Act and related statutes, this 
regulation, or official actions, the Commerce representative may seek 
compulsory process. Compulsory process means the institution of 
appropriate legal action, including ex parte application for an 
inspection warrant or its equivalent, in any forum of appropriate 
jurisdiction.
    (b) Compulsory process may be sought in advance of an audit, 
investigation, or other inquiry, if, in the judgment of the Director of 
the Office of Industrial Resource Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, in consultation with the Chief Counsel for Industry and 
Security, U.S. Department of Commerce, there is reason to believe that a 
person will refuse to permit an audit, investigation, or other inquiry, 
or that other circumstances exist which make such process desirable or 
necessary.

[49 FR 30414, July 30, 1984. Redesignated at 54 FR 601, Jan. 9, 1989, as 
amended at 63 FR 31924, June 11, 1998; 67 FR 45633, July 10, 2002]