46 CFR § 502.242 - Submission to Commission for final decision.

---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s502.242"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "46 CFR § 502.242 - Submission to Commission for final decision."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "502.242"
section_name: "Submission to Commission for final decision."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS"
part_number: "502"
part_name: "RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 504, 551, 552, 553, 556(c), 559, 561-569, 571-584; 591-596; 18 U.S.C. 207; 28 U.S.C. 2112(a); 31 U.S.C. 9701; 46 U.S.C., 40103-40104, 40304, 40306, 40501-40503, 40701-40706, 41101-41109, 41301-41309, 44101-44106, 46105; 5 CFR part 2635."
regulatory_source: "49 FR 44369, Nov. 6, 1984, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "502"
---


# 502.242 Submission to Commission for final decision.

A proceeding will be deemed submitted to the Commission for final decision as follows: (a) If oral argument is had, the date of completion thereof, or if memoranda on points of law are permitted to be filed after argument, the last date of such filing; (b) if oral argument is not had, the last date when exceptions or replies thereto are filed, or if exceptions are not filed, the expiration date for such exceptions; (c) in the case of an initial decision, the date of notice of the Commission's intention to review the decision, if such notice is given. [Rule 242.]