{"data":{"id":"us/29-cfr-18.605","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"29 CFR 18.605","heading":"Competency of judge as witness.","body":"The judge presiding at the hearing may not testify in that hearing as a witness. No objection need be made in order to preserve the point.","path":["Title 29—Labor","Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of Labor","PART 18—RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS BEFORE THE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES","Subpart B—Rules of Evidence"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-29.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:20Z","sha256":"79789a25f2bcd13ca17dd834978d0f455351df12e114730cd3b9b6d5c59204f6","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/29-cfr-18.604","next":"us/29-cfr-18.606"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}