---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 201.144"
title: "46"
number: "201.144"
heading: "Offer of proof."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/201.144"
---

# §201.144. Offer of proof.


An offer of proof made in connection with an objection taken to any ruling of the presiding officer rejecting or excluding proffered oral testimony shall consist of a statement of the substance of the evidence which counsel contends would be adduced by such testimony; and, if the excluded evidence consists of evidence in documentary or written form or of reference to documents or records, a copy of such evidence shall be marked for identification and shall accompany the record as the offer of proof.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 App. U.S.C. 1114(b); 49 CFR 1.66 and 1.69.

### Source

Source: General Order 41, 3d Rev., 29 FR 14475, Oct. 22, 1964; 29 FR 15374, Nov. 17, 1964, unless otherwise noted.