25 CFR § 571.2 - Definitions.

---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t25/s571.2"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "25 CFR § 571.2 - Definitions."
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "571.2"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS"
part_number: "571"
part_name: "MONITORING AND INVESTIGATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "25 U.S.C. 2706(b), 2710(b)(2)(C), 2715, 2716."
regulatory_source: "58 FR 5842, Jan. 22, 1993, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "571"
---


# 571.2 Definitions.

As used in this subchapter, the following terms have the specified meanings:

*Commission's authorized representative* means any persons who is authorized to act on behalf of the Commission for the purpose of implementing the Act and this chapter.

*Day* means calendar day unless otherwise specified.

*Hearing* means that part of a proceeding that involves the submission of evidence to the presiding official, either by oral presentation or written submission.

*Party* means the Chairman, the respondent(s), and any other person named or admitted as a party to a proceeding.

*Person* means an individual, Indian tribe, corporation, partnership, or other organization or entity.

*Presiding official* means a person designated by the Commission who is qualified to conduct an administrative hearing and authorized to administer oaths, and has had no previous role in the prosecution of a matter over which he or she will preside.

*Respondent* means a person against whom the Commission is seeking civil penalties under section 2713 of the Act.

*Violation* means a violation of applicable federal or tribal statutes, regulations, ordinances, or resolutions.

[58 FR 5842, Jan. 22, 1993; 58 FR 8449, Feb. 12, 1993, as amended at 58 FR 16494, Mar. 29, 1993]