---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 1620.31"
title: "29"
number: "1620.31"
heading: "Issuance of subpoenas."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/1620.31"
---

# §1620.31. Issuance of subpoenas.

- (a) With respect to the enforcement of the Equal Pay Act, any member of the Commission shall have the authority to sign a subpoena requiring:
  - (1) The attendance and testimony of witnesses;
  - (2) The production of evidence including, but not limited to, books, records, correspondence, or documents, in the possession or under the control of the person subpoenaed; and
  - (3) **Access to evidence for the purposes of examination and the right to copy.**
- (b) **There is no right of appeal to the Commission from the issuance of such a subpoena.**
- (c) Upon the failure of any person to comply with a subpoena issued under this section, the Commission may utilize the provisions of sections 49 and 50 of [title 15](/cfr/15.md) of the United States Code to compel enforcement of the subpoena.

## Notes

### Amendments

[46 FR 4888, Jan. 19, 1981. Redesignated at 51 FR 29819, Aug. 20, 1986]

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 1-19, 52 Stat. 1060, as amended; sec. 10, 61 Stat. 84; Pub. L. 88-38, 77 Stat. 56 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq. ); sec. 1, Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1978, 43 FR 19807; E.O. 12144, 44 FR 37193.

### Source

Source: 51 FR 29819, Aug. 20, 1986, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[46 FR 4888, Jan. 19, 1981. Redesignated at 51 FR 29819, Aug. 20, 1986]