28 CFR § 12.23 - Deficient registration statement.

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title: "28 CFR § 12.23 - Deficient registration statement."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "12.23"
section_name: "Deficient registration statement."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
part_number: "12"
part_name: "REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN PERSONS HAVING KNOWLEDGE OF FOREIGN ESPIONAGE, COUNTERESPIONAGE, OR SABOTAGE MATTERS UNDER THE ACT OF AUGUST 1, 1956"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 5, 70 Stat. 900; 50 U.S.C. 854."
regulatory_source: "21 FR 5928, Aug. 8, 1956, unless otherwise noted."
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# 12.23 Deficient registration statement.

A registration statement which is determined to be incomplete, inaccurate, misleading, or false, by the Chief Registration Unit, may be returned by him to the registrant as being unacceptable for filing under the terms of the act.

[21 FR 5928, Aug. 8, 1956, as amended by Order No. 524-73, 38 FR 18235, July 9, 1973]