---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 18.6"
title: "22"
number: "18.6"
heading: "Authority to prohibit appearances."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/18.6"
---

# §18.6. Authority to prohibit appearances.


Pursuant to [18 U.S.C 207(j)](/usc/18/207.md?p=j), if the Director General finds, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, that a former officer or employee of the Department has violated 18 U.S.C. [207(a)](/usc/18/207.md?p=a), [(b)](/usc/18/207.md?p=b) or [(c)](/usc/18/207.md?p=c), the Director General in his/her discretion may prohibit that person from engaging in practice before the Department for a period not to exceed five years, or may take other appropriate disciplinary action.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 18 U.S.C. 207, as amended, 92 Stat. 1864.

### Source

Source: 46 FR 2608, Jan. 12, 1981, unless otherwise noted.