12 CFR § 404.31 - Restrictions on testimony and production of records.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t12/s404.31"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "12 CFR § 404.31 - Restrictions on testimony and production of records."
title_number: 12
title_name: "Banks and Banking"
section_number: "404.31"
section_name: "Restrictions on testimony and production of records."
chapter_name: "EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES"
part_number: "404"
part_name: "INFORMATION DISCLOSURE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "12 U.S.C. 635(a)(1); 5 U.S.C. 552, 5 U.S.C. 552(a), 5 U.S.C. 553."
regulatory_source: "64 FR 14374, Mar. 25, 1999, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "404"
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# 404.31 Restrictions on testimony and production of records.
Ex-Im Bank personnel may not provide testimony and/or produce records regarding information acquired in the course of their performance of official duties, or due to their official status, in connection with any legal proceeding to which this subpart applies, without authorization by the General Counsel. Such authorization must be in writing, unless the General Counsel determines that circumstances warrant an oral authorization, and such oral authorization is subsequently documented.
[71 FR 14361, Mar. 22, 2006. Redesignated at 87 FR 41034, July 11, 2022]