---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 902.53"
title: "36"
number: "902.53"
heading: "Records exempted from disclosure by statute."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/902.53"
---

# §902.53. Records exempted from disclosure by statute.

- (a) Records relating to matters that are specifically exempted by statute from disclosure may not be made available for public inspection. For example: [section 1905](/usc/18/1905.md) of title 18 U.S.C., protecting trade secrets, processes, and certain economic and other data obtained by examination or investigation, or from reports.
- (b) The purpose of this section is to preserve the effectiveness of statutes of the kind cited as an example, in accordance with their terms.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552; 52 FR 10012-10019 (March 27, 1987); E.O. 12600, 52 FR 23781 (June 23, 1987).

### Source

Source: 41 FR 43143, Sept. 30, 1976, unless otherwise noted.