39 CFR § 501.5 - Burden of proof standard.

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title: "39 CFR § 501.5 - Burden of proof standard."
title_number: 39
title_name: "Postal Service"
section_number: "501.5"
section_name: "Burden of proof standard."
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE"
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subchapter_name: "POSTAGE PROGRAMS"
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part_name: "AUTHORIZATION TO MANUFACTURE AND DISTRIBUTE POSTAGE EVIDENCING SYSTEMS"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 552(a); 39 U.S.C. 101, 401, 403, 404, 410, 2601, 2605; Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended (Pub. L. 95-452, as amended); 5 U.S.C. App. 3."
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# 501.5 Burden of proof standard.

The burden of proof is on the Postal Service in administrative determinations of suspension and revocation under § 501.6 and administrative sanctions under § 501.12. Except as otherwise indicated in those sections, the standard of proof shall be the preponderance-of-evidence standard.