[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: 16CFR2.16]

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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. 2.16  Custodians.

    (a) Designation. The Commission shall designate a custodian and one 
or more deputy custodians for material to be delivered pursuant to 
compulsory process in an investigation, a purpose of which is to 
determine whether any person may have violated any provision of

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the laws administered by the Commission. The custodian shall have the 
powers and duties prescribed by section 21 of the FTC Act. Deputy 
custodians may perform all of the duties assigned to custodians. The 
appropriate Bureau Directors, Deputy Directors, Associate Directors in 
the Bureau of Consumer Protection, Assistant Directors in the Bureau of 
Competition, Regional Directors or Assistant Regional Directors shall 
take the action required by section 21(b)(7) of the FTC Act if it is 
necessary to replace a custodian or deputy custodian.
    (b) Copying of custodial documents. The custodian designated 
pursuant to section 21 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (subject to 
the general supervision of the Executive Director) may, from among the 
material submitted, select the material the copying of which is 
necessary or appropriate for the official use of the Commission, and 
shall determine, the number of copies of any such material that are to 
be reproduced. Copies of material in the physical possession of the 
custodian may be reproduced by or under the authority of an employee of 
the Commission designated by the custodian.
    (c) Material produced pursuant to the Federal Trade Commission Act, 
while in the custody of the custodian, shall be for the official use of 
the Commission in accordance with the Act; but such material shall upon 
reasonable notice to the custodian be made available for examination by 
the person who produced such material, or his duly authorized 
representative, during regular office hours established for the 
Commission.

[45 FR 36343, May 29, 1980, as amended at 46 FR 26291, May 12, 1981; 48 
FR 41376, Sept. 15, 1983; 50 FR 53305, Dec. 31, 1985]