[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR47.25]

[Page 308]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                        DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 47_RULES OF PRACTICE UNDER THE PERISHABLE AGRICULTURAL 
COMMODITIES ACT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 47.25  Filing; extensions of time; effective date of filing; computations of time; official notice.

    (a) Filing, number of copies. Except as is provided otherwise 
herein, all documents or papers required or authorized by these rules to 
be filed with the Hearing Clerk shall be filed in triplicate: Provided, 
That, where there are more than two parties to the proceeding, a 
sufficient number of copies shall be filed so as to provide for service 
upon all the parties to the proceeding. Any document or paper required 
or authorized by the regulations in this part to be filed with the 
Hearing Clerk shall, during the course of an oral hearing, be filed with 
the examiner.
    (b) Extensions of time. The time for the filing of any document or 
paper (except an informal complaint) required or authorized under the 
regulations in this part to be filed may be extended by the examiner 
(before the transmittal of the record to the Secretary) or by the 
Secretary (after such transmittal), if, in the judgment of the examiner 
or the Secretary, as the case may be, there is good reason for the 
extension.
    (c) Effective date of filing. Any document or paper required or 
authorized under the regulations in this part to be filed shall be 
deemed to be filed when it reaches the Department in Washington, DC; or, 
if filed with any officer or employee of the Regulatory Branch of the 
Fruit and Vegetable Programs at any place outside the District of 
Columbia, it shall be deemed to be filed at the time when it is received 
by such officer or employee.
    (d) Computations of time. Saturdays, Sundays and holidays shall be 
included in computing the time allowed for the filing of any document or 
paper: Provided, That, when such time expires on a Saturday, Sunday or 
Federal holiday, such period shall be extended to include the next 
following business day.
    (e) Official notice. In any proceeding official notice may be taken 
of (1) such matters as are judicially noticed by the courts of the 
United States; (2) any other matter of technical, scientific, or 
commercial fact of established character; and (3) relevant publications 
and records of the Department.

[10 FR 2217, Feb. 27, 1945; 11 FR 224, Jan. 4, 1946, as amended at 24 FR 
10055, Dec. 12, 1959; 56 FR 175, Jan. 3, 1991; 60 FR 8462, Feb. 14, 
1995; 64 FR 38108, July 15, 1999]

              Rules Applicable to Disciplinary Proceedings