{"data":{"id":"us/27-cfr-771.127","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"27 CFR 771.127","heading":"Privileges.","body":"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.","path":["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"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-27.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:11Z","sha256":"5e3833da8910ed12d3b92bfaae69fec07e5e1f73d7d0985cb0a59b5f687ead6b","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/27-cfr-771.126","next":"us/27-cfr-771.135"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}