13 CFR § 113.540 - Advertising.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t13/s113.540"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "13 CFR § 113.540 - Advertising."
title_number: 13
title_name: "Business Credit and Assistance"
section_number: "113.540"
section_name: "Advertising."
chapter_name: "SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION"
part_number: "113"
part_name: "NONDISCRIMINATION IN FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS OF SBA—EFFECTUATION OF POLICIES OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND SBA ADMINISTRATOR"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "15 U.S.C. 633, 634, 687, 1691; 20 U.S.C. 1681, 1682, 1683, 1685, 1686, 1687, 1688; 29 U.S.C. 794; Sec. 5, Pub. L. 85-536, 72 Stat. 385, as amended; Sec. 308, Pub. L. 85-699, 72 Stat. 694, as amended."
regulatory_source: "44 FR 20068, Apr. 4, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "113"
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# 113.540 Advertising.

A recipient shall not in any advertising related to employment indicate preference, limitation, specification, or discrimination based on sex unless sex is a bona fide occupational qualification for the particular job in question.