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FCC 1.17
Revised as of December 4, 2012
Goto Year:2011 | 2013
  §  1.17   Truthful and accurate statements to the Commission.

   (a) In any investigatory or adjudicatory matter within the Commission's
   jurisdiction (including, but not limited to, any informal adjudication
   or informal investigation but excluding any declaratory ruling
   proceeding) and in any proceeding to amend the FM or Television Table
   of Allotments (with respect to expressions of interest) or any tariff
   proceeding, no person subject to this rule shall;

   (1) In any written or oral statement of fact, intentionally provide
   material factual information that is incorrect or intentionally omit
   material information that is necessary to prevent any material factual
   statement that is made from being incorrect or misleading; and

   (2) In any written statement of fact, provide material factual
   information that is incorrect or omit material information that is
   necessary to prevent any material factual statement that is made from
   being incorrect or misleading without a reasonable basis for believing
   that any such material factual statement is correct and not misleading.

   (b) For purpose of paragraph (a) of this section, “persons subject to
   this rule” shall mean the following:

   (1) Any applicant for any Commission authorization;

   (2) Any holder of any Commission authorization, whether by application
   or by blanket authorization or other rule;

   (3) Any person performing without Commission authorization an activity
   that requires Commission authorization;

   (4) Any person that has received a citation or a letter of inquiry from
   the Commission or its staff, or is otherwise the subject of a
   Commission or staff investigation, including an informal investigation;

   (5) In a proceeding to amend the FM or Television Table of Allotments,
   any person filing an expression of interest; and

   (6) To the extent not already covered in this paragraph (b), any cable
   operator or common carrier.

   [ 68 FR 15098 , Mar. 28, 2003]

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