---identifier: "/us/cfr/t16/s5.61"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "16 CFR § 5.61 - Prehearing procedures; motions; interlocutory appeals; summary decision; discovery; compulsory process."title_number: 16title_name: "Commercial Practices"section_number: "5.61"section_name: "Prehearing procedures; motions; interlocutory appeals; summary decision; discovery; compulsory process."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/s5.61
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.
# 5.61 Prehearing procedures; motions; interlocutory appeals; summary decision; discovery; compulsory process.Because of the nature of the issues involved in proceedings under this part, the Commission anticipates that extensive motions, prehearing proceedings and discovery will not be required in most cases. For this reason, detailed procedures will not be established under this part. However, to the extent deemed warranted by the presiding official, prehearing conferences, motions, interlocutory appeals, summary decisions, discovery and compulsory process shall be permitted and shall be governed, where appropriate, by the provisions set forth in subparts C and D, part 3, of the Commission's Rules of Practice.