---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 1266"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "1266"
heading: "Hearing before report of criminal violation"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/1266"
units:
  - "Chapter 30 — Hazardous Substances"
---

# §1266. Hearing before report of criminal violation


Before any violation of this chapter is reported by the [Commission](/usc/15/1261.md?p=c) to any United States attorney for institution of a criminal proceeding, the [person](/usc/15/1261.md?p=e) against whom such proceeding is contemplated shall be given appropriate notice and an opportunity to present his views, either orally or in writing, with regard to such contemplated proceeding.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 86–613, § 7, July 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 377; Pub. L. 110–314, title II, § 204(b)(4)(B), Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3041.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2008—Pub. L. 110–314 substituted “Commission” for “Secretary”.