---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 13.117"
title: "14"
number: "13.117"
heading: "Conduct of investigative proceeding or deposition."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/13.117"
---

# §13.117. Conduct of investigative proceeding or deposition.

- (a) The presiding officer may question witnesses.
- (b) Any witness may be accompanied by counsel.
- (c) Any party may be accompanied by counsel and either the party or counsel may—
  - (1) Question witnesses, provided the questions are relevant and material to the matters under investigation and would not unduly impede the progress of the investigation; and
  - (2) **Make objections on the record and argue the basis for such objections.**
- (d) Copies of all notices or written communications sent to a party or witness must, upon request, be sent to that person's attorney of record.

## Notes

### Source

Source: Docket No. FAA-2018-1051; Amdt. No. 13-40, 86 FR 54536, Oct. 1, 2021, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 18 U.S.C. 6002; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 5121-5124, 40113-40114, 44103-44106, 44701-44704, 44709-44710, 44713, 44725, 44742, 44802 (note), 46101-46111, 46301, 46302 (for a violation of 49 U.S.C. 46504), 46304-46316, 46318-46320, 46501-46502, 46504, 46507, 47106, 47107, 47111, 47122, 47306, 47531-47532; 49 CFR 1.83.

### Source

Source: Docket No. 18884, 44 FR 63723, Nov. 5, 1979, unless otherwise noted.