---
kind: "section"
citation: "27 C.F.R. § 72.38"
title: "27"
number: "72.38"
heading: "Return of defective petition."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/72.38"
---

# §72.38. Return of defective petition.


If the petition is defective in some correctable respect, the original of the petition will be returned by letter to the petitioner for his submission of a corrected petition, in triplicate, within a reasonable time.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 18 U.S.C. 921, 1261; 19 U.S.C. 1607, 1610, 1612, 1613, 1618; 26 U.S.C. 7101, 7322-7325, 7326, 7805; 31 U.S.C. 9301, 9303, 9304, 9306; 40 U.S.C. 304(k); 49 U.S.C. 784, 788.

### Source

Source: T.D. ATF-9, 39 FR 9954, Mar. 15, 1974, unless otherwise noted.