---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 452.5"
title: "29"
number: "452.5"
heading: "Effect of violation on outcome."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/452.5"
---

# §452.5. Effect of violation on outcome.


Since the remedy under [section 402](/cfr/29/402.md) is contingent upon a finding by the court, among other things, that the violation “may have affected the outcome of an election” 5 the Secretary as a matter of policy will not file suit to enforce the election provisions unless the violations found are such that the outcome may have been affected. 6


## Notes

### Amendments

[38 FR 18324, July 9, 1973, as amended at 50 FR 31310, Aug. 1, 1985; 63 FR 33780, June 19, 1998]

### 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.

### Amendments

[38 FR 18324, July 9, 1973, as amended at 50 FR 31310, Aug. 1, 1985; 63 FR 33780, June 19, 1998]