---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 C.F.R. § 1101.62"
title: "16"
number: "1101.62"
heading: "Statutory exceptions to section 6(b)(5) requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/16/1101.62"
---

# §1101.62. Statutory exceptions to section 6(b)(5) requirements.

- (a) **Scope.** The limitations established by [section 6(b)(5)](/cfr/16/6.md?p=b-5) do not apply to the public disclosure of:
  - (1) Information with respect to a consumer product which is the subject of an action brought under [section 12](/cfr/16/12.md) (see [§ 1101.42](/cfr/16/1101.42.md));
  - (2) Information with respect to a consumer product which the Commission has reasonable cause to believe is in violation of any consumer product safety rule or provision under the Consumer Product Safety Act (Pub. L. 92-573, 86 Stat. 1207, as amended ([15 U.S.C. 2051](/usc/15/2051.md), et seq.)) or similar rule or provision of any other act enforced by the Commission; or
  - (3) Information in the course of or concerning a judicial proceeding (see [§ 1101.45](/cfr/16/1101.45.md)).

## Notes

### Amendments

[48 FR 57430, Dec. 29, 1983, as amended at 73 FR 72335, Nov. 28, 2008]

### Authority

Authority: Section 6(b) of Public Law 92-573, as amended by Section 211 of Public Law 110-314, 122 Stat. 3016, 15 U.S.C. 2055(b), 5 U.S.C. 553(b).

### Source

Source: 48 FR 57430, Dec. 29, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[48 FR 57430, Dec. 29, 1983, as amended at 73 FR 72335, Nov. 28, 2008]