[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR2.13]

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                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
                   CHAPTER I--FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
 
PART 2_NONADJUDICATIVE PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart A_Inquiries; Investigations; Compulsory Processes
 
Sec. 2.13  Noncompliance with compulsory processes.

    (a) In cases of failure to comply with Commission compulsory 
processes, appropriate action may be initiated by the Commission or the 
Attorney General, including actions for enforcement, forfeiture, or 
penalties or criminal actions.
    (b) The General Counsel, pursuant to delegation of authority by the 
Commission, without power of redelegation, is authorized:

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    (1) To institute, on behalf of the Commission, an enforcement 
proceeding in connection with the failure or refusal of a person, 
partnership, or corporation to comply with, or to obey, a subpoena, or 
civil investigative demand if the return date or any extension thereof 
has passed;
    (2) To approve and have prepared and issued, in the name of the 
Commission when deemed appropriate by the General Counsel, a notice of 
default in connection with the failure of a person, partnership, or 
corporation to timely file a report pursuant to section 6(b) of the 
Federal Trade Commission Act, if the return date or any extension 
thereof has passed;
    (3) To institute, on behalf of the Commission, an enforcement 
proceeding and to request, on behalf of the Commission, the institution, 
when deemed appropriate by the General Counsel, of a civil action in 
connection with the failure of a person, partnership, or corporation to 
timely file a report pursuant to an order under section 6(b) of the 
Federal Trade Commission Act, if the return date or any extension 
thereof has passed; and
    (4) To seek civil contempt in cases where a court order enforcing 
compulsory process has been violated.

[41 FR 54485, Dec. 14, 1976, as amended at 45 FR 39244, June 10, 1980; 
50 FR 53304, Dec. 31, 1985]