---identifier: "/us/cfr/t16/s5.60"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "16 CFR § 5.60 - Scheduling of hearing."title_number: 16title_name: "Commercial Practices"section_number: "5.60"section_name: "Scheduling of hearing."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: "2026-03-24"last_updated: "2026-03-24"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/s5.60
Currency
2026-03-24
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-03-24
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.
# 5.60 Scheduling of hearing.The presiding official shall fix the date, time and place of the hearing. The hearing shall not be scheduled earlier than fifteen days after receipt of the respondent's answer and request for a hearing. In fixing the time, date and place of the hearing, the presiding official shall give due regard to the respondent's need for adequate time to prepare a defense and an expeditious resolution of allegations that may be damaging to his or her reputation.