21 CFR § 1312.42 - Purpose of hearing.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s1312.42"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 1312.42 - Purpose of hearing."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "1312.42"
section_name: "Purpose of hearing."
chapter_name: "DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
part_number: "1312"
part_name: "IMPORTATION AND EXPORTATION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "21 U.S.C. 821, 871(b), 952, 953, 954, 957, 958."
regulatory_source: "36 FR 7815, Apr. 24, 1971, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 38 FR 26609, Sept. 24, 1973."
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# 1312.42 Purpose of hearing.

(a) If requested by a person applying for an import, export, or transshipment permit, the Administrator shall hold a hearing for the purpose of receiving factual evidence regarding the issues involved in the issuance or denial of such permit to such person.

(b) Extensive argument should not be offered into evidence but rather presented in opening or closing statements of counsel or in memoranda or proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law.

[36 FR 23625, Dec. 11, 1971, as amended at 37 FR 15923, Aug. 8, 1972. Redesignated at 38 FR 26609, Sept. 24, 1973]