[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR1118.5]

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                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
             CHAPTER II--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
 
PART 1118_INVESTIGATIONS, INSPECTIONS AND INQUIRIES UNDER THE CONSUMER 
PRODUCT SAFETY ACT--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart A_Procedures for Investigations, Inspections, and Inquiries
 
Sec.  1118.5  Investigational hearings.

    (a) The Commission by subpoena may require any person or firm to 
provide information at an investigational hearing. These hearings shall 
be for the purpose of taking the testimony, under oath, of witnesses and 
receiving documents and other data relating to any subject under 
investigation. The hearings shall be presided over by the Commission, by 
one or more of the Commissioners, by an administrative law judge, or by 
a duly designated officer or employee, who shall be referred to as the 
presiding official. The hearings shall be stenographically reported, and 
the transcript shall be made a part of the record.

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    (b) A Commissioner who participates in a hearing or other 
investigation, inspection, or inquiry shall not be disqualified solely 
by reason of that participation from subsequently participating in a 
Commission decision in the same matter.
    (c) Investigational hearings shall be closed to the public, unless 
otherwise ordered by the Commission.
    (d) The release of the record of the hearing shall be governed by 
the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552), the Commission's 
regulations under that Act, 16 CFR part 1015 (42 FR 10490, February 22, 
1977) or as amended and/or other applicable laws or regulations, except 
that a person required to give testimony or a deposition may, in 
accordance with Sec.  1118.7(d), obtain a copy of his or her testimony 
or deposition.