---
kind: "section"
citation: "17 C.F.R. § 147.6"
title: "17"
number: "147.6"
heading: "Special procedure for closing certain meetings."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/17/147.6"
---

# §147.6. Special procedure for closing certain meetings.

- (a) Any meeting or portion of meeting that may properly be closed to the public pursuant to [§ 147.3(b)](/cfr/17/147.3.md?p=b) (4), (8), (9)(i), (9)(ii) or (10), or any combination thereof, may be closed if a majority of Commissioners votes by recorded vote at the beginning of such meeting, or portion thereof, to close the exempt portion or portions of the meeting.
- (b) The provisions of [§ 147.4](/cfr/17/147.4.md), and of § [147.5 (a)](/cfr/17/147.5.md?p=a), [(b)](/cfr/17/147.5.md?p=b), [(c)](/cfr/17/147.5.md?p=c), [(d)](/cfr/17/147.5.md?p=d), [(e)](/cfr/17/147.5.md?p=e), [(f)](/cfr/17/147.5.md?p=f) and [(h)](/cfr/17/147.5.md?p=h) shall not apply to any portion of a meeting to which [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section is applied. The provisions of § [147.5(g)](/cfr/17/147.5.md?p=g) and [(i)](/cfr/17/147.5.md?p=i) shall apply to any such portions of meetings.
- (c) A written copy of all votes taken pursuant to [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section reflecting the vote of each Commissioner on the question shall be made available for public inspection in the Office of the Secretariat at the Commission's Washington, DC headquarters.
- (d) The Commission shall, except to the extent that such information is exempt from disclosure under the provisions of [§ 147.3(b)](/cfr/17/147.3.md?p=b), make public announcement at the earliest practicable time of the time, place, and subject matter of any portion of a meeting to which [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section is applied. Such public announcement shall be provided, to the extent practicable, through the Commission's public calendar as described in [§ 147.4(d)(1)](/cfr/17/147.4.md?p=d-1), and by the Commission's Office of the Secretariat as set forth in [§ 147.4(d)(2)](/cfr/17/147.4.md?p=d-2).

## Notes

### Amendments

[42 FR 13704, Mar. 11, 1977, as amended at 45 FR 26955, Apr. 22, 1980; 60 FR 49336, Sept. 25, 1995; 89 FR 71819, Sept. 4, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 3(a), Pub. L. 94-409, 90 Stat. 1241 (5 U.S.C. 552b); sec. 101(a)(11), Pub. L. 93-463, 88 Stat. 1391 (7 U.S.C. 4a(j) (Supp. V, 1975)), unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 42 FR 13704, Mar. 11, 1977, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[42 FR 13704, Mar. 11, 1977, as amended at 45 FR 26955, Apr. 22, 1980; 60 FR 49336, Sept. 25, 1995; 89 FR 71819, Sept. 4, 2024]