TITLE 42 - THE PUBLIC
HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 21 - CIVIL RIGHTS
SUBCHAPTER VI - EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
42 U.S.C. Section
2000e-12. Regulations; conformity of regulations with
administrative procedure provisions; reliance on
interpretations
and instructions of Commission
(a) The Commission shall
have authority from time to time to
issue, amend, or rescind suitable procedural regulations to
carry
out the provisions of this subchapter. Regulations issued
under
this section shall be in conformity with the standards and
limitations of subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5.
(b) In any action or proceeding based on any alleged
unlawful
employment practice, no person shall be subject to any
liability or
punishment for or on account of (1) the commission by such
person
of an unlawful employment practice if he pleads and proves
that the
act or omission complained of was in good faith, in
conformity
with, and in reliance on any written interpretation or
opinion of
the Commission, or (2) the failure of such person to publish
and
file any information required by any provision of this
subchapter
if he pleads and proves that he failed to publish and file
such
information in good faith, in conformity with the
instructions of
the Commission issued under this subchapter regarding the
filing of
such information. Such a defense, if established, shall be a
bar to
the action or proceeding, notwithstanding that (A) after
such act
or omission, such interpretation or opinion is modified or
rescinded or is determined by judicial authority to be
invalid or
of no legal effect, or (B) after publishing or filing the
description and annual reports, such publication or filing
is
determined by judicial authority not to be in conformity
with the
requirements of this subchapter.
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(Pub. L. 88-352, title VII, Sec. 713, July 2, 1964, 78 Stat.
265.)
