[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 9]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR1316.31]

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                         TITLE 21-FOOD AND DRUGS
 
   CHAPTER II--DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 1316_ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS, PRACTICES, AND PROCEDURES
--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart C_Enforcement Proceedings
 
Sec. 1316.31  Authority for enforcement proceeding.

    Authority: 21 U.S.C. 871(b), 883.


    A hearing may be ordered or granted by any Special Agent in Charge 
of the Drug Enforcement Administration, at his discretion, to permit any 
person against whom criminal and/or civil action is contemplated under 
the Controlled Substances Act (84 Stat. 1242; 21 U.S.C. 801) or the 
Controlled Substances Import and Export Act (84 Stat. 1285; 21 U.S.C. 
951) an opportunity to present his views and his proposals for bringing 
his alleged violations into compliance with the law. Such hearing will 
also permit him to show cause why prosecution should not be instituted, 
or to present his views on the contemplated proceeding.

[36 FR 7820, Apr. 24, 1971. Redesignated at 38 FR 26609, Sept. 24, 1973, 
and amended at 47 FR 41735, Sept. 22, 1982]