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Code · CFR · Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters · Part 20 · § 20.1202

§ 20.1202. Filing of pleadings.

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(a)Complaint. If the Coast Guard has temporarily suspended a merchant mariner's credential, license, certificate of registry, or document, it shall immediately file a complaint under § 20.307. The complaint must contain both a copy of a notice of temporary suspension and an affidavit stating the authority and reason for temporary suspension.
(b)Answer. In a case under this subpart---
(1)§ 20.308 does not govern answers, and
(2)The respondent shall therefore enter his or her answer at the pre-hearing conference. \[CGD 98-3472, 64 FR 28062, May 24, 1999, as amended by USCG-2006-24371, 74 FR 11211, Mar. 16, 2009\]
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