---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 1.53"
title: "47"
number: "1.53"
heading: "Separate pleadings for petitions for forbearance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/1.53"
---

# §1.53. Separate pleadings for petitions for forbearance.


In order to be considered as a petition for forbearance subject to the one-year deadline set forth in [47 U.S.C. 160(c)](/usc/47/160.md?p=c), any petition requesting that the Commission exercise its forbearance authority under [47 U.S.C. 160](/usc/47/160.md) shall be filed as a separate pleading and shall be identified in the caption of such pleading as a petition for forbearance under [47 U.S.C. 160(c)](/usc/47/160.md?p=c). Any request which is not in compliance with this rule is deemed not to constitute a petition pursuant to [47 U.S.C. 160(c)](/usc/47/160.md?p=c), and is not subject to the deadline set forth therein.


## Notes

### Amendments

[65 FR 7460, Feb. 15, 2000]

### Source

Source: 28 FR 12415, Nov. 22, 1963, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. chs. 2, 5, 9, 13; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; 47 U.S.C. 1754, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[65 FR 7460, Feb. 15, 2000]