[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: 45CFR704.4]



[Page 290-291]

 

                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

                 CHAPTER VII--COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

 

PART 704_INFORMATION DISCLOSURE AND COMMUNICATIONS--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 704.4  Restrictions on disclosure of information.



    (a) By the provisions of the Act, no evidence or testimony or 

summary of evidence or testimony taken in executive session may be 

released or used in public sessions without the consent of the 

Commission, and any person who releases or uses in public without the 

consent of the Commission such evidence or testimony taken in executive 

session shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more 

than 1 year.

    (b) Unless a matter of public record, all information or documents 

obtained or prepared by any Commissioner, officer, or employee of the 

Commission, including members of Advisory Committees, in the course of 

his or official duties, or by virtue of his or her official status, 

shall not be disclosed or used by such person for any purpose except in 

the performance of his or her official duties.

    (c) Any Commissioner, officer, or employee of the Commission, 

including members of Advisory Committees, who is served with a subpoena, 

order, or other demand requiring the disclosure of such information or 

the production of such documents shall appear in response to such 

subpoena, order, or other demand and, unless otherwise directed by the 

Commission, shall respectfully decline to disclose the information or 

produce the documents



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called for, basing his or her refusal upon this section. Any such person 

who is served with such a subpoena, order, or other demand shall 

promptly advise the Commission of the service of such subpoena, order, 

or other demand, the nature of the information or documents sought, and 

any circumstances that may bear upon the desirability of making 

available such information or documents.