[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 15, Volume 2]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 15CFR700.72]



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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE

 

  CHAPTER VII--BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

 

PART 700_DEFENSE PRIORITIES AND ALLOCATIONS SYSTEM--Table of Contents

 

                          Subpart J_Compliance

 

Sec. 700.72  Compulsory process.



    (a) If a person refuses to permit a duly authorized representative 

of Commerce to have access to any premises or source of information 

necessary to the administration or the enforcement of the Defense 

Production Act, the Selective Service Act and related statutes, this 

regulation, or official actions, the Commerce representative may seek 

compulsory process. Compulsory process means the institution of 

appropriate legal action, including ex parte application for an 

inspection warrant or its equivalent, in any forum of appropriate 

jurisdiction.

    (b) Compulsory process may be sought in advance of an audit, 

investigation, or other inquiry, if, in the judgment of the Director of 

the Office of Industrial Resource Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, in consultation with the Chief Counsel for Industry and 

Security, U.S. Department of Commerce, there is reason to believe that a 

person will refuse to permit an audit, investigation, or other inquiry, 

or that other circumstances exist which make such process desirable or 

necessary.



[49 FR 30414, July 30, 1984. Redesignated at 54 FR 601, Jan. 9, 1989, as 

amended at 63 FR 31924, June 11, 1998; 67 FR 45633, July 10, 2002]