[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 47, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

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

[CITE: 47CFR1.27]



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                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION

 

              CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

 

PART 1_PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE--Table of Contents

 

            Subpart A_General Rules of Practice and Procedure

 

Sec. 1.27  Witnesses; right to counsel.



    Any individual compelled to appear in person in any Commission 

proceeding may be accompanied, represented, and advised by counsel as 

provided in this section. (Regulations as to persons seeking voluntarily 

to appear and give evidence are set forth in Sec. 1.225.)

    (a) Counsel may advise his client in confidence, either upon his own 

initiative or that of the witness, before, during, and after the 

conclusion of the proceeding.

    (b) Counsel for the witness will be permitted to make objections on 

the record, and to state briefly the basis for such objections, in 

connection with any examination of his client.

    (c) At the conclusion of the examination of his client, counsel may 

ask clarifying questions if in the judgment of the presiding officer 

such questioning is necessary or desirable in order to avoid ambiguity 

or incompleteness in the responses previously given.

    (d) Except as provided by paragraph (c) of this section, counsel for 

the witness may not examine or cross-examine any witness, or offer 

documentary evidence, unless authorized by the Commission to do so.



(5 U.S.C. 555)



[29 FR 12775, Sept. 10, 1964]