17 CFR § 201.301 - Hearings to be public.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t17/s201.301"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "17 CFR § 201.301 - Hearings to be public."
title_number: 17
title_name: "Commodity and Securities Exchanges"
section_number: "201.301"
section_name: "Hearings to be public."
chapter_name: "SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION"
part_number: "201"
part_name: "RULES OF PRACTICE"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "15 U.S.C. 77s, 77sss, 78w, 78x, 80a-37, and 80b-11; 5 U.S.C. 504(c)(1)."
regulatory_source: "47 FR 610, Jan. 6, 1982, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "201"
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# 201.301 Hearings to be public.

All hearings, except hearings on applications for confidential treatment filed pursuant to § 201.190, hearings held to consider a motion for a protective order pursuant to § 201.322, and hearings on *ex parte* application for a temporary cease-and-desist order, shall be public unless otherwise ordered by the Commission on its own motion or the motion of a party. No hearing shall be nonpublic where all respondents request that the hearing be made public.