[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: 45CFR702.8]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

                 CHAPTER VII--COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

 

PART 702_RULES ON HEARINGS, REPORTS, AND MEETINGS OF THE COMMISSION

--Table of Contents

 

                     Subpart A_Hearings and Reports

 

Sec. 702.8  Evidence at Commission proceedings.



    (a) The rules of evidence prevailing in courts of law or equity 

shall not control proceedings of the Commission.

    (b) Where a witness testifying at a public session of a hearing or a 

session for return of subpoenaed documents offers the sworn statements 

of other persons, such statements, in the discretion of the Commission, 

may be included in the record, provided they are received by the 

Commission 24 hours in advance of the witness' appearance.

    (c) The prepared statement of a witness testifying at a public 

session of a hearing, in the discretion of the Commission, may be placed 

into the record, provided that such statement is received by the 

Commission 24 hours in advance of the witness' appearance.

    (d) In the discretion of the Commission, evidence may be included in 

the record after the close of a public session of a hearing provided the 

Commission determines that such evidence does not tend to defame, 

degrade, or incriminate any person.

    (e) The Commission will determine the pertinence of testimony and 

evidence adduced at its proceedings and may refuse to include in the 

record of a proceeding or may strike from the record any evidence it 

considers to be cumulative, immaterial, or not pertinent.