29 CFR § 459.2 - Additional time after service by mail.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t29/s459.2"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "29 CFR § 459.2 - Additional time after service by mail."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "459.2"
section_name: "Additional time after service by mail."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "STANDARDS OF CONDUCT"
part_number: "459"
part_name: "MISCELLANEOUS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 7120, 7134; 22 U.S.C. 4117; 2 U.S.C. 1351(a)(1); Secretary's Order No. 03-2012, 77 FR 69376, November 16, 2012."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 15165, Mar. 7, 1980, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 50 FR 31311, Aug. 1, 1985."
cfr_part: "459"
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# 459.2 Additional time after service by mail.

Whenever a party has the right or is required to do some act pursuant to these regulations within a prescribed period after service of a notice or other paper upon him and the notice or paper is served on him by mail, five (5) days shall be added to the prescribed period: *Provided, however,* That five (5) days shall not be added if any extension of time may have been granted.