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27 CFR 771.127: Privileges.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 27—Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms
- CHAPTER II—BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, AND EXPLOSIVES, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- SUBCHAPTER E—EXPLOSIVE LICENSE AND PERMIT PROCEEDINGS
- PART 771—RULES OF PRACTICE IN EXPLOSIVE LICENSE AND PERMIT PROCEEDINGS
- Subpart J—Miscellaneous
The Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 559, provides that, except as otherwise required by law, privileges relating to procedure or evidence apply equally to agencies and persons. Therefore, an agency may rely on judicially-approved privileges to resist production of its files where appropriate.
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