---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 C.F.R. § 5.52"
title: "16"
number: "5.52"
heading: "Nonpublic proceedings."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/16/5.52"
---

# §5.52. Nonpublic proceedings.


Any investigation or proceedings held under this part shall be nonpublic unless the respondent specifically requests otherwise, except to the extent required by the Freedom of Information Act ([5 U.S.C. 552](/usc/5/552.md)) or by the Sunshine Act ([5 U.S.C. 552b](/usc/5/552b.md)). However, the presiding official's initial decision and any final decision of the Commission shall be placed on the public record, except that information may be designated in camera in accordance with [§ 3.45](/cfr/16/3.45.md) of the Commission's Rules of Practice.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.

### Source

Source: 46 FR 26050, May 11, 1981, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 7301; 5 U.S.C. App. (Ethics in Government Act of 1978); 15 U.S.C. 46(g); E.O. 12674, 54 FR 15159, 3 CFR, 1989 Comp., p. 215, as modified by E.O. 12731, 55 FR 42547, 3 CFR, 1990 Comp., p. 306; 5 CFR part 2635.

### Source

Source: 32 FR 13272, Sept. 20, 1967, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 41 FR 54483, Dec. 14, 1976.