---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 502.43"
title: "46"
number: "502.43"
heading: "Substitution of parties."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/502.43"
---

# §502.43. Substitution of parties.


The Commission or presiding officer may order an appropriate substitution of parties in the event of a party's death, incompetence, transfer of its interest, or other appropriate circumstance. [[Rule 43](/cfr/46/43.md)]


## Notes

### Amendments

[78 FR 45071, July 26, 2013]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 504, 551, 552, 553, 556(c), 559, 561-569, 571-584; 591-596; 18 U.S.C. 207; 28 U.S.C. 2112(a); 31 U.S.C. 9701; 46 U.S.C., 40103-40104, 40304, 40306, 40501-40503, 40701-40706, 41101-41109, 41301-41309, 44101-44106, 46105; 5 CFR part 2635.

### Source

Source: 49 FR 44369, Nov. 6, 1984, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[78 FR 45071, July 26, 2013]