---identifier: "/us/cfr/t16/s5.59"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "16 CFR § 5.59 - Presiding official."title_number: 16title_name: "Commercial Practices"section_number: "5.59"section_name: "Presiding official."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/s5.59
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.
# 5.59 Presiding official.(a) Upon the receipt of an answer and request for a hearing, the Secretary shall refer the matter to the Chief Administrative Law Judge, who shall appoint an Administrative Law Judge to preside over the hearing and shall notify the respondent and the General Counsel as to the person selected.(b) The powers and duties of the presiding official shall be as set forth in § 3.42(b) through (h) of the Commission's Rules of Practice.