---
kind: "section"
citation: "11 C.F.R. § 111.53"
title: "11"
number: "111.53"
heading: "Litigation by the Commission."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/11/111.53"
---

# §111.53. Litigation by the Commission.


Nothing in this subpart C precludes the Commission from filing suit in the appropriate court to enforce compliance with a conciliation agreement under [52 U.S.C. 30109(a)(5)(D)](/usc/52/30109.md?p=a-5-D), seek a civil money penalty under [52 U.S.C. 30109(a)(6)](/usc/52/30109.md?p=a-6), petition the court for a contempt order under [52 U.S.C. 30109(a)(11)](/usc/52/30109.md?p=a-11), or otherwise exercise its authority to enforce or administer the statutes specified in [11 CFR 111.51(a)](/cfr/11/111.51.md?p=a).


## Notes

### Amendments

[75 FR 19876, Apr. 16, 2010, as amended at 79 FR 77848, Dec. 29, 2014]

### Source

Source: 75 FR 19876, Apr. 16, 2010, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 52 U.S.C. 30102(i), 30109, 30107(a), 30111(a)(8); 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; 31 U.S.C. 3701, 3711, 3716-3719, and 3720A, as amended; 31 CFR parts 285 and 900-904.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 15120, Mar. 7, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[75 FR 19876, Apr. 16, 2010, as amended at 79 FR 77848, Dec. 29, 2014]