---
kind: "section"
citation: "1 C.F.R. § 21.40"
title: "1"
number: "21.40"
heading: "General requirements: Authority citations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/1/21.40"
---

# §21.40. General requirements: Authority citations.


Each section in a document subject to codification must include, or be covered by, a complete citation of the authority under which the section is issued, including—

- (a) General or specific authority delegated by statute; and
- (b) **Executive delegations, if any, necessary to link the statutory authority to the issuing agency.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[50 FR 12468, Mar. 28, 1985]

### Authority

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 1506; sec. 6, E.O. 10530, 19 FR 2709; 3 CFR, 1954-1958 Comp., p. 189.

### Source

Source: 37 FR 23611, Nov. 4, 1972, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[50 FR 12468, Mar. 28, 1985]