---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 15.122"
title: "7"
number: "15.122"
heading: "Offer of proof."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/15.122"
---

# §15.122. Offer of proof.


An offer of proof made in connection with an objection taken to any ruling of the hearing officer rejecting or excluding proposed oral testimony shall consist of a statement for the record 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 an offer of proof.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 602, 78 Stat. 252; 42 U.S.C. 2000d-1; sec. 15.9(d) of subpart A to 7 CFR, part 15, and laws referred to in the appendix to subpart A, part 15, title 7 CFR.

### Source

Source: 30 FR 14355, Nov. 17, 1965, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 29 U.S.C. 794.