[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: 24CFR3800.50]

[Page 314]
 
                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
 CHAPTER XX--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HOUSING--FEDERAL HOUSING 
        COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 3800_INVESTIGATIONS IN CONSUMER REGULATORY PROGRAMS--Table of 
 
Sec.  3800.50  Rights of witnesses in investigational proceedings.

    (a) Any person who testifies at a public investigational proceeding 
shall be entitled, on payment of costs, to purchase a copy of a 
transcript of the testimony the person provided.
    (b) In a nonpublic investigational proceeding, the presiding 
official may for good cause limit a witness to an inspection of the 
official transcript of that witness's testimony.
    (c) Any person subpoenaed to appear at an investigational proceeding 
may be represented by counsel as follows:
    (1) With respect to any question asked of a witness, a witness may 
obtain confidential advice from counsel;
    (2) If a witness refuses to answer a question, counsel for the 
witness may briefly state the legal grounds for the refusal;
    (3) Counsel for the witness may object to a question or a request 
for production of documents that is beyond the scope of the 
investigation or for which a privilege of the witness to refuse to 
answer may be invoked. In so doing, counsel for the witness may state 
briefly the grounds for the objection. Objections will be deemed 
continuing throughout the course of the proceeding. Repetitious or 
cumulative statements of an objection or the grounds for an objection 
are unnecessary and impermissible; and
    (4) After the Department's examination of a witness, counsel for the 
witness may request that the witness be permitted to clarify any answers 
to correct any ambiguity, equivocation, or incompleteness in the 
witness's testimony. The decision to grant or deny this request is 
within the sole discretion of the presiding official.