[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 5]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR1720.125]

[Page 72]
 
                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
 CHAPTER X--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HOUSING--FEDERAL HOUSING 
 COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (INTERSTATE 
                    LAND SALES REGISTRATION PROGRAM)
 
PART 1720_FORMAL PROCEDURES AND RULES OF PRACTICE--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart D_Adjudicatory Proceedings
 
Sec.  1720.125  Public nature and timing of hearings.

    (a) All hearings in adjudicative proceedings shall be public.
    (b) Hearings shall proceed with all reasonable speed and insofar as 
practicable, shall be held at one place and shall continue without 
recess or suspension until concluded. The administrative law judge shall 
have the authority to order brief intervals of the sort normally 
involved in judicial proceedings and, in unusual and exceptional 
circumstances for good cause stated on the record, shall have the 
authority to order hearings at more than one place and to order recesses 
to permit further gathering of evidence or settlement discussions.