[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR15.113]

[Page 377]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
PART 15_NONDISCRIMINATION--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart C_Rules of Practice and Procedure for Hearings, Decisions and 
        Administrative Review Under the Civil Rights Act of 1964
 
Sec. 15.113  Testimony.

    (a) Testimony shall be given orally under oath or affirmation by 
witnesses at the hearing, but the hearing officer, in his discretion, 
may require or permit that the testimony of any witness be prepared in 
writing and served on all parties in advance of the hearing. Such 
testimony may be adopted by the witness at the hearing and filed as part 
of the record thereof. Unless authorized by the hearing officer, 
witnesses will not be permitted to read prepared testimony into the 
record. Except as provided in Sec. Sec. 15.115 and 15.116, witnesses 
shall be available at the hearing for cross-examination.
    (b) Proposed exhibits shall be exchanged either at a prehearing 
conference, or otherwise prior to the hearing. Proposed exhibits not so 
exchanged may be denied admission as evidence unless good cause is shown 
why they were not exchanged. The authenticity of all proposed exhibits 
exchanged prior to hearing will be deemed admitted unless written 
objection thereto is filed prior to the hearing or unless good cause is 
shown at the hearing for failure to file such written objection.