[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 3]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR508.5]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

 CHAPTER V--FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION OF THE UNITED STATES, 

                          DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

 

PART 508_HEARINGS--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 508.5  Purpose of hearing.



    (a) Hearings will be conducted by the Commission, its designee or 

designees. Oral testimony and documentary evidence, including 

depositions that may have been taken as provided by statute and the 

rules of practice, may be offered in evidence on claimant's behalf or by 

counsel for the Commission designated by it to represent the public 

interest opposed to the allowance of an unjust or unfounded claim or 

portion thereof, and either may cross-examine as to evidence offered 

through witnesses on behalf of the other. Objections to the admission of 

any such evidence will be ruled upon by the presiding officer.

    (b) Hearings may be stenographically recorded either at the request 

of the claimant or at the discretion of the Commission. A claimant 

making such a request must notify the Commission at least 10 days prior 

to the hearing date. When a stenographic record of a hearing is ordered 

at the claimant's request, the cost of such reporting and transcription 

may be charged to the claimant.

    (c) Such hearings will be open to the public.