[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 9]
[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

[CITE: 46CFR503.72]

[Page 113]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                 CHAPTER IV--FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION
 
PART 503_PUBLIC INFORMATION--Table of Contents
 
Subpart H_Public Observation of Federal Maritime Commission Meetings and 
     Public Access to Information Pertaining to Commission Meetings
 
Sec.  503.72  General rule--meetings.

    (a) Except as otherwise provided in Sec.  Sec.  503.73, 503.74, 
503.75 and 503.76, every portion of every meeting and every portion of a 
series of meetings of the agency shall be open to public observation.
    (b) The opening of a portion or portions of a meeting or a portion 
or portions of a series of meetings to public observation shall not be 
construed to include any participation by the public in any manner in 
the meeting. Such an attempted participation or participation shall be 
cause for removal of any person so engaged at the discretion of the 
presiding member of the agency.