---identifier: "/us/cfr/t16/s5.52"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "16 CFR § 5.52 - Nonpublic proceedings."title_number: 16title_name: "Commercial Practices"section_number: "5.52"section_name: "Nonpublic proceedings."chapter_name: "FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION"subchapter_number: "A"subchapter_name: "ORGANIZATION, PROCEDURES AND RULES OF PRACTICE"part_number: "5"part_name: "STANDARDS OF CONDUCT"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-04-05"last_updated: "2026-04-05"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"authority: "5 U.S.C. 7301; 5 U.S.C. App. (Ethics in Government Act of 1978); 15 U.S.C. 46(g); E.O. 12674, 54 FR 15159, 3 CFR, 1989 Comp., p. 215, as modified by E.O. 12731, 55 FR 42547, 3 CFR, 1990 Comp., p. 306; 5 CFR part 2635."regulatory_source: "32 FR 13272, Sept. 20, 1967, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 41 FR 54483, Dec. 14, 1976."cfr_part: "5"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t16/s5.52
Currency
2026-04-05
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-04-05
Chapter
Federal Trade Commission
Authority
5 U.S.C. 7301; 5 U.S.C. App. (Ethics in Government Act of 1978); 15 U.S.C. 46(g); E.O. 12674, 54 FR 15159, 3 CFR, 1989 Comp., p. 215, as modified by E.O. 12731, 55 FR 42547, 3 CFR, 1990 Comp., p. 306;... 5 U.S.C. 7301; 5 U.S.C. App. (Ethics in Government Act of 1978); 15 U.S.C. 46(g); E.O. 12674, 54 FR 15159, 3 CFR, 1989 Comp., p. 215, as modified by E.O. 12731, 55 FR 42547, 3 CFR, 1990 Comp., p. 306; 5 CFR part 2635.
# 5.52 Nonpublic proceedings.Any investigation or proceedings held under this part shall be nonpublic unless the respondent specifically requests otherwise, except to the extent required by the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) or by the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b). However, the presiding official's initial decision and any final decision of the Commission shall be placed on the public record, except that information may be designated *in camera* in accordance with § 3.45 of the Commission's Rules of Practice.