[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 17, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 17CFR11.3]

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              TITLE 17--COMMODITY AND SECURITIES EXCHANGES
 
             CHAPTER I--COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
 
PART 11_RULES RELATING TO INVESTIGATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  11.3  Confidentiality of investigations.

    All information and documents obtained during the course of an 
investigation, whether or not obtained pursuant to subpoena, and all 
investigative proceedings shall be treated as non-public by the 
Commission and its staff except to the extent that (a) the Commission 
directs or authorizes the public disclosure of the investigation; (b) 
the information or documents are made a matter of public record during 
the course of an adjudicatory proceeding; or (c) disclosure is required 
by the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552, and the rules adopted 
by the Commission thereunder, 17 CFR part 145. Procedures by which 
persons submitting information to the Commission during the course of an 
investigation may specifically seek confidential treatment of 
information for purposes of Freedom of Information Act disclosure are 
set forth in 17 CFR 145.9. A request for confidential treatment of 
information for purposes of the Freedom of Information Act shall not, 
however, prevent disclosure for law enforcement purposes or when 
disclosure is otherwise found appropriate in the public interest and 
permitted by law.