[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: 17CFR144.0]

[Page 518-519]
 
              TITLE 17--COMMODITY AND SECURITIES EXCHANGES
 
             CHAPTER I--COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
 
PART 144_PROCEDURES REGARDING THE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION AND THE TESTIMONY 
 
Sec.  144.0  Purpose and scope.

    (a) The regulations in this part set forth procedures to be followed 
with respect to the disclosure, in response to a subpoena, order or 
other demand (collectively ``demand'') of a court or other authority of 
any material contained in

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the files of the Commission, of any information relating to material 
contained in the files of the Commission or any information acquired by 
any person while such person is or was an employee of the Commission as 
part of the performance of that person's official duties or by virtue of 
that person's official status. Employee as used in this part includes 
both members and employees of the Commission. Demand as used in this 
part does not include requests for the production of documents in 
compliance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 34.
    (b) Nothing in this part affects disclosure of information under the 
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552, the Privacy Act, 5 
U.S.C. 552a, the Sunshine Act, 552b, or the Commission's implementing 
regulations in part 145, 17 CFR 145.0, et seq., or pursuant to 
Congressional subpoena or pursuant to other Commission regulation. 
Nothing in this part otherwise permits disclosure of information by the 
Commission except as is provided by statute or other applicable law.
    (c) This part is intended to provide guidance for the internal 
operations of the Commission and is not intended to, does not, and may 
not be relied upon to create any right or benefit, substantive or 
procedural, enforceable at law against the Commission.