Sec. 1.701  Show cause orders.

    (a) The Commission may commence any proceeding within its 
jurisdiction against any common carrier by serving upon the carrier an 
order to show cause. The order shall contain a statement of the 
particulars and matters concerning which the Commission is inquiring and 
the reasons for such action, and will call upon the carrier to appear 
before the Commission at a place and time therein stated and give 
evidence upon the matters specified in the order.
    (b) Any carrier upon whom an order has been served under this 
section shall file its answer within the time specified in the order. 
Such answer shall specifically and completely respond to all allegations 
and matters contained in the show cause order.
    (c) All papers filed by a carrier in a proceeding under this section 
shall

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conform with the specifications of Secs. 1.49 and 1.50 and the 
subscription and verification requirements of Sec. 1.52.
[28 1997 FR 12450 , Nov. 22, 1963, as amended at  36 FR 7423 , Apr. 20, 1971]