---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 49.501"
title: "48"
number: "49.501"
heading: "General."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/49.501"
---

# §49.501. General.


This subpart prescribes the principal contract termination clauses. This subpart does not apply to contracts that use the clause at 52.213-4, Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services). In appropriate cases, agencies may authorize the use of special purpose clauses, if consistent with this chapter.


## Notes

### Amendments

[75 FR 82577, Dec. 30, 2010, as amended at 86 FR 61031, Nov. 4, 2021]

### Authority

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 42447, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[75 FR 82577, Dec. 30, 2010, as amended at 86 FR 61031, Nov. 4, 2021]