---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 1312.42"
title: "21"
number: "1312.42"
heading: "Purpose of hearing."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/1312.42"
---

# §1312.42. Purpose of hearing.

- (a) If requested by a person applying for an import, export, or transshipment permit, the Administrator shall hold a hearing for the purpose of receiving factual evidence regarding the issues involved in the issuance or denial of such permit to such person.
- (b) Extensive argument should not be offered into evidence but rather presented in opening or closing statements of counsel or in memoranda or proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law.

## Notes

### Amendments

[36 FR 23625, Dec. 11, 1971, as amended at 37 FR 15923, Aug. 8, 1972. Redesignated at 38 FR 26609, Sept. 24, 1973]

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 821, 871(b), 952, 953, 954, 957, 958.

### Source

Source: 36 FR 7815, Apr. 24, 1971, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 38 FR 26609, Sept. 24, 1973.

### Amendments

[36 FR 23625, Dec. 11, 1971, as amended at 37 FR 15923, Aug. 8, 1972. Redesignated at 38 FR 26609, Sept. 24, 1973]