---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 18.605"
title: "29"
number: "18.605"
heading: "Competency of judge as witness."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/18.605"
---

# §18.605. Competency of judge as witness.


The judge presiding at the hearing may not testify in that hearing as a witness. No objection need be made in order to preserve the point.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 55 FR 13219, Apr. 9, 1990, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 5 U.S.C. 551-553; 5 U.S.C. 571 note; E.O. 12778; 57 FR 7292.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 32538, July 15, 1983, unless otherwise noted.