---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 1601.34"
title: "29"
number: "1601.34"
heading: "Rules to be liberally construed."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/1601.34"
---

# §1601.34. Rules to be liberally construed.


These rules and regulations shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purpose and provisions of title VII, the ADA, GINA, and the PWFA.


## Notes

### Amendments

[44 FR 4670, Jan. 23, 1979. Redesignated and amended at 56 FR 9624, 9625, Mar. 7, 1991; 74 FR 63983, Dec. 7, 2009; 89 FR 11169, Feb. 14, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2000e to 2000e-17; 42 U.S.C. 12111 to 12117; 42 U.S.C. 2000ff to 2000ff-11; 42 U.S.C. 2000gg to 2000gg-6; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note, as amended; Pub. L. 104-134, Sec. 31001(s)(1), 110 Stat. 1373.

### Source

Source: 42 FR 55388, Oct. 14, 1977, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[44 FR 4670, Jan. 23, 1979. Redesignated and amended at 56 FR 9624, 9625, Mar. 7, 1991; 74 FR 63983, Dec. 7, 2009; 89 FR 11169, Feb. 14, 2024]