---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 452.40"
title: "29"
number: "452.40"
heading: "Prior office holding."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/452.40"
---

# §452.40. Prior office holding.


A requirement that candidates for office have some prior service in a lower office is not considered reasonable. 26


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 401, 402, 73 Stat. 532, 534 (29 U.S.C. 481, 482); Secretary's Order No. 03-2012, 77 FR 69376, November 16, 2012.

### Source

Source: 38 FR 18324, July 9, 1973, unless otherwise noted.