[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 17, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 17CFR10.22]

[Page 237-238]
 
              TITLE 17--COMMODITY AND SECURITIES EXCHANGES
 
             CHAPTER I--COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
 
PART 10_RULES OF PRACTICE--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart B_Institution of Adjudica- tory Proceedings; Pleadings; Motions
 
Sec.  10.22  Complaint and notice of hearing.

    (a) Content. The complaint and notice of hearing shall include:
    (1) The legal authority and jurisdiction under which the hearing is 
held;
    (2) The matters of fact and law to be considered and determined.

The complaint shall set forth the matters of fact alleged therein in 
such manner as will permit a specific response to each allegation. The 
notice

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shall notify the respondent of his right to a hearing and shall specify 
the time required by Sec.  10.23 of these rules for the filing of an 
answer and the consequence of failure to file an answer.
    (b) Service. The Proceedings Clerk shall give appropriate notice to 
each respondent by serving them with a copy of the complaint and notice 
of hearing. Service may be made in person, by confirmed telegraphic 
notice, or by registered mail or certified mail, addressed to the last 
known business or residence address of the person to be served or the 
address of his duly authorized agent for service. If a respondent is not 
found at his last known business or residence address and no forwarding 
address is available, additional service may be made, at the discretion 
of the Commission, as follows:
    (1) By publishing a notice of the filing of the proceeding and a 
summary of the complaint, approved by the Commission or the 
Administrative Law Judge, once a week for three consecutive weeks in one 
or more newspapers having a general circulation where the respondent's 
last known business or residence address was located and, if 
ascertainable, where the respondent is believed to reside or be doing 
business currently; and
    (2) By continuously displaying the complaint on the Commission's 
Internet web site during the period referred to in paragraph (b)(1) of 
this section.

[41 FR 2511, Jan. 16, 1976, as amended at 60 FR 54802, Oct. 26, 1995; 63 
FR 55791, Oct. 19, 1998]