[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 4]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1601.23]

[Page 162-163]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
          CHAPTER XIV--EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION
 
PART 1601_PROCEDURAL REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart B_Procedure for the Prevention of Unlawful Employment Practices
 
Sec. 1601.23  Preliminary or temporary relief.

    (a) In the interest of the expeditious procedure required by section 
706(f)(2) of title VII, the Commission hereby delegates to the Director 
of the Office of Field Programs or upon delegation, the Director of 
Field Management Programs and each District Director the authority, upon 
the basis of a preliminary investigation, to make the initial 
determination on its behalf that prompt judicial action is necessary to 
carry out the purposes of the Act and recommend such action to the 
General Counsel. The Commission authorizes the General Counsel to 
institute an appropriate action on behalf of the Commission in such a 
case not involving a government, governmental agency, or political 
subdivision.
    (b) In a case involving a government, governmental agency, or 
political subdivision, any recommendation for preliminary or temporary 
relief shall be transmitted directly to the Attorney General by the 
Director of the Office of Field Programs or upon delegation, the

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Director of Field Management Programs or the District Director.
    (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit private 
individuals from exercising their rights to seek temporary or 
preliminary relief on their own motion.

[42 FR 55388, Oct. 14, 1977, as amended at 47 FR 46275, Oct. 18, 1982; 
54 FR 32061, Aug. 4, 1989; 71 FR 26828, May 9, 2006]