17 C.F.R. § 12.8 Separation of functions.
Title 17 - Commodity and Securities Exchanges
(a) A Judgment Officer, or Administrative Law Judge will not be responsible to or subject to the supervision or direction of any officer, employee, or agent of the Commission engaged in the performance of investigative or prosecutorial functions for the Commission. (b) No officer, employee, or agent of the Federal Government engaged in the performance of investigative or prosecutorial functions in connection with any proceeding shall, in that proceeding or a factually related proceeding, participate or advise in the decision of a Judgment Officer, or Administrative Law Judge, except as a witness in the proceeding, without the express written consent of the parties to the proceeding. This provision shall not apply to the Commissioners. [49 FR 6621, Feb. 22, 1984, as amended at 57 FR 20638, May 14, 1992]
Title 17: Commodity and Securities Exchanges
PART 12—RULES RELATING TO REPARATIONS
Subpart A—General Information and Preliminary Consideration of Pleadings
§ 12.8 Separation of functions.
