1 CFR § 18.1 - Original and copies required.

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# 18.1 Original and copies required.

Except as provided in § 19.2 of this subchapter for Executive orders and proclamations, each agency submitting a document to be filed and published in the *Federal Register* shall send an original and two duplicate originals or certified copies. 
<sup>1</sup>
[^] However, if the document is printed or processed on both sides, one of the copies sent by the agency must be a collated, single-sided copy.

<sup>1</sup> Agencies with computer processed data are urged to consult with the Office of the Federal Register staff about possible use of the data in the publication process.

[54 FR 9680, Mar. 7, 1989]